The first years of my life were kept warm by a woodstove. If I close my eyes, I can still see Papaw bent over, loading…
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27 Jan 2026
Baby Belle is All Grown Up
My baby Belle is all grown up. She turned 18 two weeks ago, and I still can’t quite wrap my head around it.
14 Jul 2023
Life Without Electricity
George Parris recently sent me his daddy's memoir about growing up in Smokemont. The above account of life without electricity was on the first page.…
9 Mar 2023
Our Family Recipe Book
Without meaning to, I've become a recipe collector. I realized it last night when I pulled out our family recipe book to check the ingredients…
17 Jan 2022
Johnnie Mercer’s Fishing Pier
I took Belle down to Wilmington on Saturday for an early birthday celebration. We met up with Kodecker to go get Belle's ears pierced. The…
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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