On our recent trip to Harkers Island, we stopped by the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum & Heritage Center. That was a big moment for me.…
Art
13 Jun 2025
Natural Embrace
I’ve found myself in downtown Fayetteville more often than I’d like lately—running back and forth between the police department, the magistrate’s office, and an attorney…
26 Mar 2025
10 Books Set In North Carolina
I took the girls out for a little shopping trip this weekend. First stop: TJ Maxx, where we browsed notebooks and journals. Then, we made our…
24 Feb 2025
Garage Bands
A couple of years ago, I was convinced rock music had taken its final breath—I even wrote about it.
30 Apr 2024
Wooley Swamp
In 1980, North Carolina icon Charlie Daniels released a chilling tune called The Legend of Wooley Swamp.
Hey there! I’m Cassie Clark, a Carolina girl who grew up in two towns on opposite sides of North Carolina. My family has lived here for 8 generations, so my love for my home state is something I got honest. I’m passionate about sharing all the things that make North Carolina living so sweet – the history, the great outdoors, the culture, and the laidback lifestyle. That’s what Where the Dogwood Blooms is all about. It’s my love song to life in the Old North State; an ode to sunshine & hurricanes.
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