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The Man and I recently got back from our spring road trip. We had our usual quirky time – we like back roads and waterfalls and dams and fish hatcheries and of course we met enough characters to people a couple of novels (I hope). When you and the guy walking across the top of [Continue reading] Oh, good. The weather is getting warm, the sand is covered with bare foot prints, and folks have climbed out from under their winter rocks and are talking to each other again. That means I ought to have up-to-the-minute Character Reports from the Front Lines before too long. It’s almost time to [Continue reading] The North End of the island is one of the few places along the East Coast where you can legally drive your 4 wheel drive vehicle down the beach and set up camp right above the high tide line — tents, campers, campfires, dogs running free. Booze? Hell, the Brew Thru, our drive-through beer and [Continue reading] Lately I’ve felt like I’ve lost my touch in meeting up with local color and characters, so I was pretty happy with my day at the beach yesterday. (I changed some names just in case and I left out a bunch of the very scattered conversational threads.) ** Sure doesn’t look like a Category Four hurricane is headed directly toward us, does it? And yet…. as with any good story, you just don’t know what’s going to happen before it does, even though the clues and warning signs and tingle on the back of your neck tell you that — something — [Continue reading] Some of my blogging friends have shared interesting factoids about themselves this week, and I have thoroughly enjoyed reading 50 things or even 100 things about their lives. I just can’t bring myself to join them, though. I’m not that interesting, and I like to fly under the radar a bit. But I will share this: [Continue reading] …and happy to be home. This past week while flying thousands of miles, driving hundreds of miles, and racing down countless high school corridors these thoughts occasionally sped through my brain: What was I thinking? Where did I think I would find the time for any personal writing or reflection? Or [Continue reading] |
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