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Summer mode is in effect
It's happening. School is out, cars are streaming over the bridges, Food Lion is open 24 hours, the belly-button rings are on display - the season is upon us. * The ocean has been gorgeous and I can't wait for some long days of sitting in it and beside it. My youngest child is three this summer and I think it's the... Read More
Dare Day to Ocrafolk and Beyond
Sometimes when I look out there into that Wall O Traffic that is the bypass on a weekend (when I've got some time to kill because I'm trying to turn left or get across the street on my bike), I ponder the Outer Banks visitors - the fams in the minivans, the gents-in-the-front-ladies-in-the-back-ensembles in the sedans... Read More
Summer Season Kickoffs: Blues Festivals to Beach Nourishment
Here it is. Another Memorial Day weekend. The unofficial start of summer. What did I do for all of May? Last year I had a vacation in France to show for the merry old month. This year, it whizzed by before my eyes - a smoke-filled haze of deadlines, soccer games, birthday parties, dance recitals, field trips and end-... Read More
Hopefully
Spring is the hopeful season - school kids are hopeful about the time off from school; businesses and workers are hopeful about the money they'll make; gardeners are hopeful about their summer tomatoes; tourists are hopeful about the perfect summer vacation...Numerous new businesses are setting up shop on the Outer... Read More
May Days
Isn't May awesome? The greens are greener than I ever remember them being, the soft-shell crabs and fresh little fish are so yummy, the strawberries are redder and plumper than last year (it seems) and everyone is in such a dandy mood. * Speaking of good moods, I had an awesome Mother's Day with my family. My son... Read More