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Living on shifting sands
Life on a Sandbar. I like those bumper stickers. Even though they're a little on the souvenier-ish side for my own car, every time I see one on another car, which is frequently around here, I rise above my life for a minute and remember where I am in the universe: on a tenuous perch of sand out in the sea. Sometimes... Read More
The quiet life of Island Farm
One of my favorite places on Roanoke Island is Island Farm, a living history attraction that shows us what the daily life of a Roanoke Island family was like in the mid-1800s. I love the quiet of Island Farm, the soothing sparseness of the buildings and grounds, the gentle, patient nature of the interpreters, the... Read More
Taking the Plunge
On Saturday, about 100 Outer Bankers will run into the 40-something-degree ocean waters in Nags Head. It sounds like a publicity stunt, but it's actually a fundraiser for a good cause.The Outer Banks Penguin Plunge raises money for the Outer Banks Family YMCA's We Build People campaign. That's all good, except that... Read More
Telling Stories We Should Know
Do you know the story of the Roanoke Island Freedmen's Colony? Most of the world does not know this nationally significant piece of American history, even people who live right here where it happened. That's why the Roanoke Island Freedmen's Colony Preservation Association is holding its annual Freedmen's Colony Blues... Read More
Wide Open Outer Banks
I've discovered I'm not the Outer Banker I thought I was. Over the last 18 years of living in Nags Head and writing about the Outer Banks, I've seen and experienced a lot of the natural world. From stalking wild pigs in Carova to snooping around wildly overgrown house foundations on Portsmouth Island and a whole lot... Read More