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Any southern belle will recognize the charm bracelet as a piece of decorative jewelry worn around the wrist carrying personal charms (i.e., decorative pendants, trinkets or beads) that often signify important things in the owner's life. The first recognizable charm bracelets and necklaces emerged during the age of Egyptian Pharaohs. And throughout history, variations of the bracelet can be found everywhere from the Roman Empire to the Middle Ages to the Renaissance era. The e

Organic community gardening is good for the soul, the environment, & you! Marianne Lewis has always been a gardener at heart. As co-owner of Chef Warren's in Southern Pines, she provides eighty percent of the vegetables and herbs used at the restaurant during the spring and summer months from her own urban farm and community garden. Growing up, she worked in the family patch with her dad. "I've never lived any place where I didn't have something growing — even in an apartment