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Yikes. Not only is Hurricane Irene projected to become a Category 3 or 4, at this point it’s projected to make landfall along the southeastern North Carolina coast on Saturday. Uh. That’s where I live, folks. Of course, during Irene’s touch-down I’m supposed to be on Cape Cod at my college girlfriends’ reunion, which has been in [Continue reading] Wow, busy Saturday here in Paradise. Polly and I started the day at the annual ALS Walk, where she entertained/irritated/pissed off the crowd with her rendition of the Star Spangled Banner, which she sang with great gusto. I’ll bet the guy with the microphone who was trying to lead the song wished he [Continue reading] A lump of coal Much more than a lump of coal, actually. This is Part Two of my earlier post describing our recent road trip. This is strip-mining and mountaintop removal in operation. Mountaintop removal to extract the coal within has been going on throughout Appalachia since the 1970’s. According to the EPA: [Continue reading] I’ve been struggling for the last couple of days to write a coherent post about our recent road trip. Usually when I’m struggling this much, it’s because I’m on the wrong path using the wrong tool. For one thing, I’d been trying to cram too much into the post: • pictures of breathtaking mountains and equally breathtaking [Continue reading] Remember being at a party or a bar or in a class when you saw That Guy across the room — and he was looking at you, too? And how, all of a sudden, the day got just special, kinda exciting? And your heart started beating just a little bit faster? Maybe he inched [Continue reading] 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] I finished yesterday’s post, published it and looked at it again — something felt Not. Quite. Right. I did a little research, and sure enough, cardinals eat nuts and seeds, NOT bugs. Shoulda known that from my bird feeder. So I edited Ms. C’s invitation from “Let’s go eat some BUGS” to “Let’s go eat [Continue reading] I know y’all are anxious to find out what’s happening with my kamikaze cardinal, so here’s the latest: Whoops, wrong cardinals…. sorry. This morning I walked down the driveway to get the paper and there in my palm trees (minus the snow, thank heaven) were not only the male cardinal, but a female cardinal as well. [Continue reading] I admit it: I’ve been a slacker lately. I’ve diddled and dawdled away my writing time and not had much to show for the last month or so. I’ve read alot, and that’s good, but my writing production has been pretty tiny. But no more. Sunday A. and I were sitting at [Continue reading] |
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