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Jennifer Frist has a quiet confidence and says she’s a “behind the scenes” girl – but I’m not sure.  I see a bold streak in her, too!  She and Billy renovated an extraordinary home a few years ago and filled…

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This is the classiest thing I’ve heard out of Duke possibly ever.  Tomorrow night, at the UNC – Duke game, it won’t be just a sea of dark blue “DUKE” shirts at Hansbrough Indoor Stadium (I mean Cameron Indoor Stadium).  Look carefully:  a lot…

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Hard news came out of Chapel Hill last week:  three murders quick as three fatal shots, and one death long in coming. On the latter:  Coach Dean Smith was a part of my childhood more than any other “celebrity” I…

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Pepper was bratting around the kitchen one cold day when I was trying to read.  She couldn’t be content with anything – neither toy nor bone nor bed nor crate.  I found myself equally out of sorts, though for a different reason….

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My dear friend Caroline Shockley and I were talking about Valentine’s Day.  Caroline, you may know, is the mother of two very active boys who have kept her at the playground (initially), and later, pool, track, baseball field and basketball…

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