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From Snowstorm to Screen: PBS NC Director Morgan Potts Describes the Making of Swan Song

Published November 15, 2025

During a snowy winter storm that buried eastern North Carolina in a once-in-twenty-years storm, my mule Polly and I set off in a hundred year old covered wagon to explore Hyde County and Lake Mattamuskeet.

Mule Polly trotting along the Mattamuskeet causeway on the set of Swan Song.

Joining us was a film crew from PBS North Carolina. Mule Polly got snowed in in our covered wagon, the film crew struggled to keep their cameras rolling in the icy conditions… Continue reading →

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How to End a Day on a Covered Wagon

Published April 2, 2012
Kerosene lantern inside Bernie Harberts covered wagon with fat wood kindling and patterned blanket wagon cover
A kerosene lantern inside the covered wagon. The patterned fabric in the background is a blanket that serves as part of my wagon cover. The sticks in the tin can are fat wood, also called lighter wood, I use to start my wood stove. It was gathered on a recent wagon outing.

It’s been a long week here aboard the covered wagon, hence the short post. In the past 8 days, Polly and I have traveled over 90 miles through… Continue reading →

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General Store Too Proud to Ride a Cow

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