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Good Things to Do under Sunny Skies
Don't know about you, but I feel like we're due for some sun this week. * Did you know that in the last 30 days the total rainfall in this area was more than twice the amount recorded in the previous four months? * I love a rainy morning/afternoon/evening as much as the next person, but I am feeling the need to get my... Read More
First Fall Weekend is Full of Events
I had a college flashback experience this past weekend: walking on the Swan Quarter-Ocracoke ferry with only a back pack and a $1 ticket. I felt like I was on the Eur-Rail/hostel scene all over again. * I had to get to Ocracoke and I was getting all panicky because the ferries are all booked for weeks to come and the... Read More
Riding waves, helping friends
There is one perk to hurricane season on the East Coast - waves. Hurricane Katia passed offshore, between North Carolina and Bermuda, and the wind conditions were just so that surf was incredible. And it looks like a similar thing might happen again with Tropcial Whatever-it-is Maria. * I'm not a surfer myself, but it... Read More
Cleaning up and moving on
Schwwooooo. I'm beat. I've just spent eight solid days pitch-forking marsh grass out of my yard, bleaching things that should never have to be bleached (yesterday I mopped walls) and picking the most random flotsam you could imagine out of the bushes (a cashmere sweater, kitchen utensils, several unbroken antique... Read More
And the vacations continue...
Hurricane Irene. As if you haven't heard enough about it on TV and the Internet for the past week, it's just about the only thing you'll hear Outer Bankers talking about these days. Yes, it was a horrible storm. Yes, it brought historic levels of soundside flooding. Yes, it has cut off Hatteras Island from the world.... Read More