You can’t do it all by yourself. But you can make a difference moment by moment. — Change constantly affects me, but try as I may, I cannot affect change. I can’t erase childhood hunger, poverty, violent crime, or fix the climate crisis. I can’t even convince some of you that any of these things exist if you don’t see them first and experience them for yourself…

I remember growing up. By the age of 14, I’d pretty much exhausted my parents’ capacity for empathy. — My oldest daughter is 14. Hey, Just letting you know… I had an extremely stressful morning that started at 10 o’clock last night when I woke up to three missed calls and a bunch of text messages from my work people who were absolutely losing their shit. Trucks breaking down…

Prayers, protests, and pleas for help have all been sent up. Now you must vote. — Call to Action: On November 8th, citizens of Eastern NC will go to the polls. The race for the position of Superior Court Judge requires your attention and action. North Carolina’s First Judicial District is comprised of seven counties: Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Pasquotank, and Perquimans. …

N.C.’s First Judicial District Attorney is running for Superior Court Judge. Here’s why that’s a bad idea. — Wartime Publishers, September 13, 2022. Opinion. *Updated Wednesday, September 14, 2022 — Wartime Publishers has still received no comment from the District Attorney Andrew Womble. However, the family of LeeAnn Fletcher has informed us that the trial has been continued to March 2023. In the past two years, Eastern North Carolina’s District Attorney, Andrew Womble has been at the center of two high-profile, and heavily publicized cases. One case is still ongoing. …

A dream of an opinion. — “I’m not coming back,” I told my mom and dad. My knees rolled and ground over the linoleum floor. I struggled to breathe. I couldn’t see through it. I shuffled through the blue bag: “don’t need that, don’t need this. Yes! Keep this,” I whispered fast. “Peter. Here’s two-hundred dollars…

If we are to salvage any remnant of western democracy, we must be willing to sacrifice more than we’ve lost in every war we’ve ever fought. And we are not willing. — Night after night I watch the talking heads of the western alliance proclaim that we’re doing all we can, and will continue to do so to stop the Russian invasion of free Ukraine. And it’s just not true. This opinion will be short and bitter. It is time to address…

A free world’s next generation weeps confused and divided. A fetus sleeps outside its host, exposed. Older stepsiblings regurgitate the stories our elders told and pass security along in hand-me-down flags turned blankets against the cold. It’s world war again. And Salvation is doing nothing to stop it. I cry…

Twentieth Anniversary of the Attack on New York City — I was on her front porch swing, Mariah inside, preparing for work. Her roommate and I smoking American Spirit cigarettes as she drank coffee. The mood was perfect. The air breathed itself into our bodies. We were cradled by reminders of every one of life’s perfect days but didn’t yet…

August is Gone, Hello September! Here on the Outer Banks, September 1st always makes me happy. Those of you reading this who share this strand with me and the other 37,000 folks know what I mean. Gone, for now, are the days of navigating 300,000 extra humans. We are thankful for the money they’ve poured…