Articles
Written in Wood
The story of a place like Whalehead has been written in words and images through the years. But these forms of history are, by nature, subjective as they are given to us through the eyes and thoughts of the beholders. Not so the story written in wood, glass and copper. That’s a story that is substantial, unchangeable... Read More
Histories of the Deep
Volumes of history are written under the waters that surround the Outer Banks, but none of it was written on purpose. Most all of it was borne of a tragedy in the form of a shipwreck.
When most of us think of shipwrecks, here in the Graveyard of the Atlantic where so many ships have gone down, we imagine an ocean... Read More
Honestly Wild
There's poetry in the rhythm of horse hooves - a running hip hop cadence. There's an entire vibrational song in the flutter of wings all around us. There's the droning base line of insects as they add the constancy of a background note. Listen: Here on the Outer Banks, we're surrounded by a virtual symphony of... Read More
All That Jazz
IT'S THE DUCK JAZZ FESTIVAL!
The Town's 8th Annual Duck Jazz Festival comes to life on Sunday, October 12th at the Duck Town Park, a beautiful 11-acre site on the sound in the heart of town. "The Jazz Festival provides a fantastic opportunity for the entire community to get together, to interact with one... Read More
Come Wander Into Buxton Village Books
There's an air of enchantment surrounding the vintage gray cottage with the lace-scalloped porch that houses Buxton Village Books. Maybe it's the bright red geraniums dancing in the breeze, or the teasing glimpse of the Pamlico through grasses and reeds, or the sign on the front door - Welcome, waders, wet suits and... Read More