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See ya, June
Everybody I've been talking to lately is a little freaked at how fast the summer is flying by - me included. * On Wednesday we'll say goodbye to June Sweet June and start making plans for the Fourth of July. * I know that the less you do the slower time goes, but that's not really working for us this summer. We've... Read More
So Much To Tell You
I love a day when our only major decision is whether to spend the day in the ocean or on the sound. Though the ocean was tantalizing on Sunday, we decided on the sound - fishing on the boat, playing on our all neighbors' crazy watersports gear and swimming in the rain...I feel more grateful than ever for the clean... Read More
Go Local
Crab meat and avocado salad. Pan-fried lump crab cakes. Mahi-mahi ceviche. Hand-rolled yellow-fin sushi. Baked speckled trout with a parmesan crust. Shrimp and cheese grits. Sheepshead bites flash-fried in a rice-flour/beer batter. Man, my husband has got the seafood thing down. * The key to his seafood is his... Read More
Knowing How Good We've Got It
Don't worry, this is going to be a happy blog, but just for a minute let me be sad. * Images from Louisiana of pelicans and gulls smothered in oil, dying chicks, oily bird nests, goopy estuaries and frighteningly black seawater are seared into my brain. * Living in such a similar environment on the Outer Banks makes... Read More
Coming Home
Driving over the bridge to the banks and smelling the moist, salty air, seeing the ospreys soaring and the blue of the sound set against the tan and green of the marsh - and a glimpse of ocean in the distance -- is a magical feeling whether you've lived here your whole life or are visiting for the first time. * I just... Read More