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Diggin' It
I'm really digging May right now. May on the Outer Banks means visitors but no crowds (I was able to get across the Bypass on my bike twice this weekend without waiting and get an window-side table at Nags Head Pier on Sunday morning without waiting), warm but not hot weather (windows still open), rising water temps (... Read More
Busy, Busy
When someone asks you how you are, do you ever answer, "Busy"? * I'm guilty. But, as a friend reminded me the other day, busy-ness is not a badge of honor and it does not make us happy. * My friend forwarded me an email explaining that one of the main causes of unhappiness among mothers is busy-ness. * The author made... Read More
Why I Love Hatteras
Just got back from a trip to Hatteras Island and my head is filled with such memorable images: Bodie Island Lighthouse wrapped up in scaffolding and a bonnet looking like a giant Q-tip; a dredge firing a stream of sand out of Oregon Inlet; hundreds of colorful kites bouncing over the sound in Waves and Avon; the... Read More
Get Those Motors Running...
Every year, just about the time we've fully committed to open windows, along comes Bike Week. * For those of us within earshot of the Bypass and Beach Road, the unfamiliar roar of thousands of motorcycles sets dogs to barking and babies to waking and nerves to edge. But just about the time we all get used to the noise... Read More
Arm Wrestling and Antiques, Bikers and Beginnings
Don't be blue about tax day this week; just get them done and move on. Life's too short to worry about something as unavoidable as taxes - plus you're going to be too busy scuttling around to events all week to worry about anything!...First things first - the Land of Beginnings Festival. * The nine-day festival is... Read More