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The Triad Rag: Leaves Calm Traffic in Winston Salem

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Steeped in sweet tea, from the land of Jesse Helms. Monday, December 29, 2008. Leaves Calm Traffic in Winston Salem. In Winston Salem, piles of rotting leaves languish on busy thoroughfares, narrowing two-way roads to one-way and forcing cars to slow. Has abandoned its customary pickup of leaves, brush, and limbs. Huge piles of organic material block roadways for months at a time. The controversial strategy is part of an innovative program designed to calm traffic. All over town,. Velma Barfield, Jr.

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The Triad Rag: Holiday Gauntlet

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Steeped in sweet tea, from the land of Jesse Helms. Tuesday, December 23, 2008. I enjoy cooking for the holidays. Tofurky roast. My grandmother's stuffing, cranberry sauce. It's fun to plan the menu, and I'm quite happy with my local grocery store. But on the day before Christmas Eve, shopping grew harrowing. Special others blocked traffic in aisles and chatted on cell phones as long lines of gridlocked angry shoppers formed behind them. My ordeal nearly over, I paid and left. Now- to make it across ...

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The Triad Rag: My Afternoon on the West End Home Tour, 2008

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Steeped in sweet tea, from the land of Jesse Helms. Monday, December 15, 2008. My Afternoon on the West End Home Tour, 2008. Neighborhood of Winston Salem is an intriguing mix of beautiful historic homes, apartment buildings, and dilapidated rental properties. It was planned in 1890 by Jacob Lott Ludlow. Well, we were mostly grateful. One site on the tour was leased by businesses. Upon entry, we were invited to provide our e-mail address so local merchants could contact us. Um, no thank you. After a quic...

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The Triad Rag: Someone's Daughter Is Now A Hate-Crime Survivor

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Steeped in sweet tea, from the land of Jesse Helms. Monday, December 22, 2008. Someone's Daughter Is Now A Hate-Crime Survivor. Updated 12/27 to add fund information below. I had trouble sleeping last night after what I read. A horrific hate crime was visited last week upon an openly gay woman in Richmond, California. Police believe the woman was targeted due to the suspects' anti-gay bias. The victim got out of her car to visit a friend, and was attacked. Why do I mention multi-ethnic? People desiring t...

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The Triad Rag: November 2008

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Steeped in sweet tea, from the land of Jesse Helms. Sunday, November 30, 2008. Rocking My Toddler At Christmastime. Last night I was rocking my restless toddler, trying to have him fall asleep and stay asleep. I was exhausted, and it was almost midnight- nearly four hours past his normal bedtime. Soft Christmas music played from his radio: "O Holy Night," sung by Celine Dion. After that, the menacing onslaught began. What could have possibly prepared me? I thought that's how it worked. Hynde warbled on i...

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The Triad Rag: September 2008

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Steeped in sweet tea, from the land of Jesse Helms. Tuesday, September 30, 2008. I woke up this morning wracked with guilt. And I'm not blaming it on the Cuervo; I'm blaming the cheesecake. The cheesecake I had at Zevely House's. Brunch yesterday morning, while on a double date. Cheesecake doesn't even go with an omelet—but that didn't stop me. After one shot of Jose Cuervo, we danced to Double Dutch Bus. The friends left, and that's when the unthinkable happened. I sent my husband to the store for c...

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The Triad Rag: October 2008

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Steeped in sweet tea, from the land of Jesse Helms. Friday, October 17, 2008. Burgeoning Careers of Joe Killian and Sarah Palin Now Inextricably Linked. John McCain defended his peeps Wednesday night. Damn straight. The folk turning out for McCain-Palin rallies are peace loving people, the lot of them. Kind of like Unitarians. Those veterans and women surely aren't deserving of Obama's hatred. In other news, a local journalist was attacked. At a Palin rally yesterday in Elon, North Carolina. North Caroli...

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The Triad Rag: January 2009

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Steeped in sweet tea, from the land of Jesse Helms. Friday, January 23, 2009. Are you nourishing yourself with a toxic stew of fear, trepidation and resentment, given Barack Obama's Inauguration? Some are, and they continue to "reach out" to me and Democratic friends with baseless complaints and venom. Mayhill Fowler, Huffington Post. Blogger, broke the infamous "bitter". Story in April 2008; explaining that. Yeah, so his comments were a 'problematic judgment call'; they also resonate with truth; particu...