"Arts and culture nonprofits generate $125 million in economic activity per year. If I was a legislator, why would I want to cripple an investment returning $15 for every dollar I invest?" — Sherry DeVries, Durham Arts Council
A round-table conversation on leaving the traditional workplace for a home-centered life of child-rearing, gardening, cooking, sewing and other domestic tasks.
Dangerous with a needle or stove, I read the new book by Chapel Hill author Emily Matchar, Homeward Bound: Why Women Are Embracing the New Domesticity, with the same fascination as if I were reading about the Lost Tribe of Borneo.