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The Attitude of Gratitude
"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision... Read More
Definitely not the slow season
I'm so stoked on the Outer Banks Marathon right now. Not only because I just finished my fifth Half Marathon on the Banks (go me!), but also because I love the excitement that the races bring to the community. It's so cool to see all the people of different shapes, sizes, ages and fitness levels moving toward a common... Read More
Running. Winging. Shopping.
Can you feel that? That nagging sense that no matter what you're doing right now there's something else you should be doing? Something that is going to snowball into something larger and more fearsome the more that you ignore it? Maybe you're only experiencing this if you're female. And older than 30. * It's Christmas... Read More
Reason #674 to Love Living Here
I just love raising my children on the Outer Banks. * Take the other day when we were on an after-school walk down our neighborhood sound beach and discovered a most unusual wash-up: a giant mola mola sunfish -- dead and smelly, of course, but fascinating nonetheless. We got to study this crazy deep-sea fish and have... Read More
Hoedown to Hayrides to Halloween
Everybody is talking about the new New Inlet and the new bridge to Hatteras Island. Have you driven over it yet? I've heard the inlet is beautiful and that there have been a lot of gawkers driving down to the island just to see it. And who can blame them? It's a great excuse to go to Hatteras Island. I have yet to... Read More