Wake County

Why All Registered North Carolina Voters Should Vote in the Primaries on March 3–Especially If You Aren’t Satisfied with the Status Quo

February 25, 2026

The North Carolina Primary Elections take place on March 3–next Tuesday. If you haven’t participated in Early Voting (which ends this Saturday, Febuary 28 at 3:00 PM) or Mail-in Voting (must arrive by March 3), then I urge you to be at the polls on Tuesday. Polls show that voters are increasingly dissatified with both … More Why All Registered North Carolina Voters Should Vote in the Primaries on March 3–Especially If You Aren’t Satisfied with the Status Quo

More Good News than Bad News in the Griffin Case, But…

April 15, 2025

The North Carolina State Supreme Court ruled on the famous Griffin case (if you don’t know what I’m talking about, see my previous posts here and here). The good news is that they removed about 60,000 contested ballots from the case. They agreed that voters whose files may not include their full drivers license or … More More Good News than Bad News in the Griffin Case, But…

Welcome Spring

March 2, 2021

I know when I went for my morning walk yesterday, March 1, that maybe things didn’t look a whole lot like spring. It was warm–in the mid-40s at 7:00–but trees were bare and more rain storms were coming. Still, I knew it was spring. The birds told me. While astrological spring officially starts on March … More Welcome Spring

The 12-ish Gifts of 2020: Books!

December 29, 2020

One of the things I’ve repeatedly told my son, and my students, and people attending my meditations, and have probably said before in this blog, that when thinking about 2020, instead of focusing on what we can’t do, we should focus on what we can do. For me, one of the upsides of staying home … More The 12-ish Gifts of 2020: Books!

Book Review: The Nickel Boys

June 18, 2020

In my last post, I told you that I would let you know what I thought about Colson Whitehead’s latest book, The Nickel Boys. It was the first book I checked out since the Wake County Library System had begun no-contact checking out books on hold since the beginning of the coronavirus shutdown. I had … More Book Review: The Nickel Boys

Hooray! Limited Library Services Have Restarted!

June 16, 2020

The Wake County Public Library System began allowing people who ordered books on hold to start picking them up as of yesterday, June 15. To me, that’s worthy of a celebration! So let’s have a little music… That is courtesy of the Nashville Public Library–so cute! When I got the notice about being able to … More Hooray! Limited Library Services Have Restarted!

Of Kookaburras and Unicorns

May 29, 2020

“The time has come,” the lock-downed said, “To laugh at many things:Like shows—and books—and fairy tales— kookaburra that sings—And pink rainbow unicorn hugs— And beavers safe in springs.” “Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” ― J.K.Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban OK, so … More Of Kookaburras and Unicorns

Wake County Library Seeking Book Returns on Thursday, May 28

May 27, 2020

Personally, I don’t miss shopping in a lot of my usual stores, and I can deal with eating take-out at home instead of eating at my favorite restaurants. But one of the things that I REALLY miss in our shut-down is our library system. I can walk to my nearest one, and love to work … More Wake County Library Seeking Book Returns on Thursday, May 28