Tag: September

Scuppernong Season In The South
Today I want to share something with you that I think of as not only quintessentially September, but quintessentially North Carolina. Muscadines, Scuppernongs, and Scuppernong Wine. If you’re not from around these here parts, you probably don’t know what I’m talking about, because muscadines are a type of wild-growing grape that is native only to… Read More ›

Hello, MOFO!
September. It’s an odd month. A transitional month. For all intents and purposes it’s still summer – at least in the American South! It’s still hot. Shorts and flip flops are still my standard attire when I stagger home from the office. The sky is still a pale, hazy, lazy, polluted summertime blue – not… Read More ›