Articles
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
Understanding the Value of Tradition
It would have been easier to sell swampland in Florida than a winter rental on the Outer Banks when Joe Lamb Jr. and his wife, Ann, opened their first Nags Head office in 1968. One might wonder what Joe had learned from his association with his father-in-law's family selling real estate in Elizabeth City, Kinston and... Read More