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Stripers, baby
Everybody is talking about the stripers. Maybe I cross paths with a lot of fisherpeople, but the striped bass catch seems to be the big news of the year so far (well, that and the little tidbit about Senator Marc Basnight resigning). Everyone is catching beyond their limits and bringing home their allotted two fish... Read More
No complaints
Greetings 2011! Even though I'm inexplicably partial to even-numbered years, I have a feeling that you're going to be a good one, 2011...I ate the traditional black-eyed peas and collards for good luck and prosperity on New Year's Day, so how can it not be a good year, right? * A friend of mine started a hilarious... Read More
Ringing in 2011
If you read my blog last week, you know I wasn't exactly dreaming of a white Christmas, but I have to admit that Sunday's snow was beautiful, although slightly inconvenient. The snowstorm cut our Christmas vacation short - we raced out of the Triangle area late Saturday night instead of Sunday to avoid the risk being... Read More
I'm dreaming of a warm Christmas
You may be dreaming of a white Christmas, but not me. I'm still hoping for one of those upper 60-degree Christmases that we've had on the Outer Banks in the past. * I remember one Christmas Eve, probably nine or 10 years ago, when we were on the beach because the bluefish were blitzing - people were wading in the surf... Read More
Family time
My family's tree-trimming event was slightly unorthodox this year. Instead of decorating to Vince Guaraldi's Charlie Brown Christmas, as is our custom, my kids insisted on an old Cashmere Jungle Lords CD that I unearthed recently. My six-year-old, clad in boxers, hung his ornaments between air-guitar sessions to "... Read More