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Friday morning, the hurricane-formerly-known-as-Earl had wimped its way out of North Carolina — without leaving us so much as a drop of rain or a gust of wind. But at least the surf was up at the end of the island and I got to watch a little wave action. [Double click on any of [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] Full disclosure: All I did was take the pictures this morning. I am making no recommendations about what, if anything, should be done with the Superior Court Judge and his/her position. I got my teeth cleaned yesterday, and you know what that means: another book review from Crystal, my dental hygienist. Once she stuck the suction tube and her hands and all those little torture devices in my mouth, she had her captive audience and got started: “I just read Eat, Pray, Love…. I don’t know. I mean, [Continue reading] Scrawled on a soggy scrap of paper at the beach yesterday:
Conf’rence call — cancelled. Move over, Paul Krugman, I’ve got The Word on Money from Alton, my Tree Guy. Remember him? He was back today with his son Dale to trim some trees at our beach property. I forgot the camera so I’m recycling an old picture. The heat index here today was 105 degrees. That’s hot, [Continue reading] Oh. My. I’m far behind and I’ve barely started. Can I do this? ::Holds nose and gets ready to dive.:: ::Dives:: ::Re-emerges, breathes, shakes water out of brain.:: Here goes: Weeks 1 – 4: The role of ‘place’ in a story As a relatively new Southerner, I’m constantly amazed at how much the change in latitude has changed [Continue reading] I mentioned to my regular blog followers that we had some tree work done a couple of weeks ago and that I might post something about the Tree Guys who did the work. There are so many stories, but this is one that I dashed in the house and wrote up as soon as [Continue reading] |
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