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“Literary Hillsborough”
Out To Pastoral By John Idol HILLSBOROUGH, NC—(Weekly Hubris)—5/17/10—For a brief time in the 18th century, Hillsborough, pretty much a frontier town in central North Carolina, served as capital of the Tar Heel…
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“On Top Of The Stack”
Out To Pastoral By John Idol HILLSBOROUGH, NC—(Weekly Hubris)—5/3/10—Claude Monet had an eye for haystacks. So did I in my boyhood and teen years. His purpose for looking differed from mine: his, to…
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“Ferns To The Rescue”
Out To Pastoral By John Idol HILLSBOROUGH, NC—(Weekly Hubris)—4/19/10—My hopes of becoming a gardener in retirement, with a yard bursting in color from pansies, petunias, impatiens, roses, hollyhocks, tulips, daylilies, and many other…
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“Thank You, Fellow Citizens”
Out To Pastoral by John Idol HILLSBOROUGH, NC—(Weekly Hubris)—4/5/10—As I reflect on how I came to be a college professor, I realize I owe an incalculably large debt to fellow citizens, including my…
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“A Fool & His Money Are . . .”
Out To Pastoral by John Idol HILLSBOROUGH, NC—(Weekly Hubris)—3/22/10—The story I now share began almost a decade ago in the South German town of Bodelshausen, the birthplace of my namesake ancestor, Johann Eitel.…
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“Killing Deer With Kindness”
Out To Pastoral by John Idol HILLSBOROUGH, NC—(Weekly Hubris)—3/8/10—Over the course of the past few months, devoted admirers of Bambi and her herd of kin in the Triangle Area of North Carolina have…
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“One For Jim & The Birds”
Out To Pastoral by John Idol HILLSBOROUGH, NC—(Weekly Hubris)—3/1/10—If not for the quick thinking of my friend, Jim Ray, my service record might well reflect more than a demerit. Jim and I, followed…