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Creative Outer Banks
I constantly admire the creativity that's alive here on the Outer Banks. * This week I spent an hour with local artist Beth Burns talking about her fiber art for an article I'm writing. Beth raises her own sheep (the ones at Island Farm on Roanoke Island) and uses their wool to weave indulgent scarves, shawls and,... Read More
A Jolt of Happiness
I love living at the beach. I don't feel like I take it for granted a single day. Every time I look at the water - hundreds of times a day - I feel a little jolt of happiness (maybe something like the serotonin ping a teenager gets from a text notification?). Growing up, I never could have imagined that I'd live by... Read More
Summer State of Mind
If you're an Outer Banks local, you probably have to work in the summertime. It's hard to look around at all these people on vacation and not wish you were on vacation too, but don't let that get in the way of your summer state of mind. Even if you're putting in a full work week, you can get that summer feeling. Just... Read More
It's Pretty Happening Out There
"In summer, the song sings itself." That's William Carlos Williams. I've always loved that piece of poem. * Somehow, summer fun is effortless. The simple things seem to have more mileage, and impromptu dinners and gatherings and activities just come together more easily and they're more fun, simply because it's summer... Read More
Summertime favorites: tomatoes, carnivals, baseball
Don't you love to eat in the summer? * I'm all about the seasonal local foods and I always have been. My mother's family lived on a farm, and that's just what they ate, so my mom raised us that way too. I love being able to seek out the locally grown foods, even if it that means driving to a couple of different... Read More