Janet Steigler
June 3, 2021
Men don’t gestate their offspring, at least not yet, but they can give birth to ideas, inventions, and movements. And sometimes those ideas, innovations, and movements blossom beyond your wildest…
Jeff Meuwissen
June 2, 2021
Clank. Clank, clank, clink. Clank-clink-clank-clink-clink… My ten-year-old, sleep-addled brain finally responded. Groggily I sat up in bed as father’s footsteps, accompanied by irritated grumbling, trudged down in the hallway and…
Stan Washington
June 2, 2021
It is a sunny warm day as most are in what we call Arizona today, but it is a day several centuries ago before the European invasion (not the Beatles)…
Maryann Nunnally
June 2, 2021
I guess I wouldn’t have gone to Tennessee for the birth of my first great-grandchild, not only because of Covid but because I thought that my granddaughter, Ari, had enough…
Janet Steigler
May 5, 2021
Like a hellcat with its tail on fire, Irene ripped across the Outer Banks, making landfall at Cape Lookout, unleashing a fury only Mother Nature could extoll. Hurricane winds forced…
Jan Morgan-Swegle
May 5, 2021
I’ve always said you have to be tough to live in Cleveland, Ohio. People used to call Cleveland the “mistake on the lake.” Of course, not many places in the…
Janet Steigler
May 4, 2021
“Are you sure it’s okay, Monique? I thought we needed permission from the authorities to travel outside Moscow’s city limits.” Monique and I were suitemates on a study abroad program…
WebMaster
May 4, 2021
(continued from the April issue of Cape Fear Voices) When we arrived at the Ukrainian farmhouse the following day, the extended family, including cousin Sasha, was already gathered outside. I…
Stan Washington
May 4, 2021
It was an ominous voice mail. I picked it up just 5 minutes ago, and I knew it was an order, not like it was just a request kind of…
Janet Steigler
April 3, 2021
“Are you sure it’s okay, Monique? I thought we needed permission from the authorities to travel outside Moscow’s city limits.” Monique and I were suitemates on a study abroad program…
Brendon Connelly
April 3, 2021
I would like to share a story with you that our good friends Pat and Billy Barry told us many years ago. The focal characters in this story are Brynn…
Bob Wieland
April 3, 2021
Most of us are aware of our town’s incredible growth. Just how much and in what areas are grist for an essay. So, let’s get started. The 2000 federal census…
Eric Mens
April 3, 2021
My younger brother Joe was our father’s favorite child. Joe was the firstborn child in Papa’s second marriage and occupied a special place in his life. Being of Eurasian descent,…
Jan Morgan-Swegle
April 3, 2021
Over the years, I have heard many people talk about their age. Referring to his love of golf, a man I knew who was nearing retirement age told me that…
Dr. Sabrina Cherry
April 3, 2021
Spring is in the air. How beautiful to see. Spring has finally arrived. A welcomed change in pace and temperatures for me. Spring is in the air. New things will…
Veronica Pastecki
April 3, 2021
A balancing act starts early between a child and her parents. Who determines bedtime, and what is acceptable behavior? Negotiations among siblings put a more delicate spin on this fulcrum.…
Sheryl Keiper
April 3, 2021
They say that happiness is all in the mind. I’m not sure I agree with this. There is a dorky TV commercial for a heating/air conditioning service. A dorky guy…
Sharon Copland
March 9, 2021
“I love Beach music! I always have, and I always will,” sang the Embers on my radio.
Jeff Meuwissen
March 8, 2021
The Cape Fear Woodcarvers Club was founded in 1995 and has grown to become an important arts resource in the Wilmington-Cape Fear area. The club membership includes more than 70…
Bill Holt
March 7, 2021
Make the gate and take your ticket shortchange made seven feet up Hurry to the Midway dish of quarters, balloons, candy, popcorn Salt and sugar sell the drinks half a…
Hilary Conway Lloyd
March 7, 2021
Artwork by Hilary Conway Lloyd – Toronto Canada https://redbootsartwork.blogspot.com
Janet Meuwissen
March 6, 2021
As I gazed out my Upstate NY living room window at the flaky snow and the freshly plowed 300-yard driveway, I knew I had made the most important decision of…
Brendon Connelly
March 5, 2021
When I think about Valentine’s Day, it makes me remember a very dear friend – Steve Morda. He always had a caring, loving heart and always put others before himself.…
Eric Mens
March 4, 2021
Before World War II, our family was part of Indonesia’s “privileged” class. However, because of our mixed Dutch, German, and Indonesian heritage, we were considered “half breeds.” However, as Dutch…
Dr. Sabrina Cherry
March 3, 2021
The morning air was crisp. As my co-lead and I bundled up as best as we could while waiting in one of the university’s parking lots, I started to feel…
WebMaster
March 3, 2021
During COVID, the Mad Mat’ers club of Brunswick Forest and the Happy Hookers of the Bridge church in Leland, have merged to keep the important mission of creating sleeping mats…
Dr. Sabrina Cherry
February 2, 2021
Before the candy canes were all gone, they were shuffled into a corner suffocated by small, medium, and large-shaped red hearts. Stuffed animals occupy the shelves. Roses are in the…
Evan Folds
February 2, 2021
A vision: Eagles Island as a regional Central Park*
Eric Mens
February 2, 2021
For a full day and two nights, we hunkered down. Rain, accompanied by heavy winds, fell incessantly. Venturing out was impossible. We were surrounded by a sea of viscous mud…
Jan Morgan-Swegle
January 30, 2021
I remember everything about Ben’s birth–and he’s not even my son. He is my first grandchild. I was in grandmother heaven when I found out our daughter was pregnant. I…
Janet Meuwissen
January 30, 2021
Our minds were made. We had secretly taken advantage of a Valentine weekend getaway package at Atlantic City’s Tropicana. And we had become engaged. No one was any the wiser…
Suzy Tenebaum
January 30, 2021
To celebrate the New Year I shall eat some collard greens and black eyed peas. And, in keeping with burning what you don’t want to bring into the new year…
Veronica Pastecki
January 30, 2021
There is a cool breeze here in the shade. I am away from the relentless sun as it beats down unmercifully on the rest of the lawn. Here, under the…
Claire Boon
January 30, 2021
Like it was for me, I can imagine that 2020 was a surreal year for most of you. Now that we are in 2021, I know that I will be…
Cape Fear Voices and The Teen Scene
January 4, 2021
Close the door and turn out the lights. That party is over.
Dr. Sabrina Cherry
January 4, 2021
Happy New Year! Many of us were over 2020 around July and eager to usher in a new year. But as our resolutions are refreshed and we forge ahead with…
Charles Schwartz
January 4, 2021
For people of all ages and backgrounds, 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic have been perhaps one of the most challenging, stressful, and unique years and experiences in their lifetime. Many…
Lon Anderson
January 4, 2021
Photography – Tangier Island, Chesapeake Bay
Brendon Connelly
January 4, 2021
As we are about to enter a new year, it is time to spread joy, hope, love, and happiness. We also need to grateful to be safe, healthy, and happy.…
Jan Morgan-Swegle
January 4, 2021
I read that one of the most “Googled” words in 2020 was “pandemic.” The World Health Organization defines the word pandemic as: ‘A pandemic is defined as “an epidemic occurring…
Stan Washington
January 4, 2021
2020 has been a drag and heart wrenching for many families. We have floated into the Maskers versus non-Maskers. The regional divisions were highly diverse. Northeast states were severely Covid-19…
Eric Mens
December 11, 2020
Teen Scene, Inc. entrepreneurs Gerald Decker and Eric Mens, publishers of the monthly free publications Cape Fear Voices and Teen Scene recently orchestrated a coat drive that drew community donations…
Jan Morgan-Swegle
December 1, 2020
Ours is a blended family which, especially during the holidays, often means you have three children and only two drumsticks. Sometimes it means that your old family traditions fade away…
Gerald Decker
December 1, 2020
In 1979, I was a young staff person for the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee on Foreign Aid. I re-searched topics like population control and narcotics control programs in…
Brendon Connelly
November 9, 2020
Thanksgiving – a day to be grateful for all we have and to be thankful to spend time with our loved ones. This Thanksgiving, we need to be incredibly thankful…
Sharon Copland
November 9, 2020
The leaves are falling, the temperatures are falling, and night is falling – earlier and earlier. October is the time for fall festivals and foot-ball games, school buses slowing down…
Jan Morgan-Swegle
November 4, 2020
I love the fall. Leaves change colors, the air is crisp, and the heat of the summer is blown away by cool breezes. Fall is shorter days, new school…
Janet Steigler
October 17, 2020
When our daughter, Leah, was in the second grade, she announced that she wanted to dress up as broccoli for Halloween. Leah sometimes marched to the beat of a different…
Janet Meuwissen
October 6, 2020
This is one of those stories. Our family was on a national parks tour when we saw billboards advertising the Circus, Circus Hotel and Casino Resort for rooms at bargain…
Eric Mens
September 28, 2020
For many Americans, September 11, 2001, is etched in our memories. Colonel V and I stood outside the information technology collaboration center, where we had gathered a team of a…
Eric Mens
September 9, 2020
As many of our readers know, Cape Fear Voices‘ mission is to showcase the works of the many talented people in our local Cape Fear region ? writers, poets, artists,…
Brendon Connelly
August 27, 2020
When people ask me, what was my best summer, my answer would be the summer of 1988, when I was just one year old. Some people would be curious as…
Annesophia Ricahards
July 30, 2020
Writing is considered not only one of the most fundamental skills within the classroom, but also an essential part of life far beyond one’s days at school. Just ask Leland…
Teena Miller
July 22, 2020
Terry arrived at the house via bus, and when he walked in the door, my heart leaped. At that time, there were many demonstrations and a great deal of anger…
