The Winds of March
Kindle It is the time of the year when the winds rule North Carolina’s coastal counties including where I live along the Crystal Coast. The winds that we get in March and April are no surprise. In fact...
View ArticleBewitching Spring Memories
Kindle Spring thoughts can have many different triggers that often depend on where you live. In the north country, our home for many years, spring was the magical moment when all the snow disappeared...
View ArticleAnother Beach Fourth of July
KindleShallow waters near Swansboro, NC This is our tenth year living on the North Carolina coast. The Fourth of July is pretty special on the coast. If you have a place already booked, you will likely...
View ArticleHeat Calls on the Crystal Coast
KindleCrystal clear waters at Hammocks Beach The second week in July is upon us. Summer has rewarded us with a full dose of heat and just in case it was not humid enough already, mother nature dropped...
View ArticleLooking for the Shade
KindleShade at Duke Marine Lab This is our tenth summer living along North Carolina’s Southern Outer Banks so this summer’s heat is not much of a surprise. However, this is one of the longer stretches...
View ArticleWatching the Water
KindleKayaking on the White Oak River My second floor office at our home affords me a water view from my window. I look out over the waters of Raymond’s Gut which runs to the White Oak River. In a...
View ArticleFall Waters
KindleWhite Oak River near Raymonds Gut The colors and the light have changed as we have moved into the fall season. While it is a subtle change, it is still very noticeable especially to...
View ArticleLife by the Waters of the White Oak
KindleThe White Oak River Another November has come and gone and somehow I am not surprised that once again the weather has been unpredictable but beautiful. That this fall has been yet another great...
View ArticleThe Lure of the Ocean
Kindle Dredge Working on Bogue Inlet Channel It has been a while since I have written a post, but sometimes experiencing life comes before writing about it. This spring on the Crystal Coast has been...
View ArticleNot The Last Warm Day
KindleFall Afternoon in Raymond’s Gut On December 1, 2016, in my post, Life by the Waters of the White Oak, I wrote “Our temperatures were well into the seventies on this year’s first day of December.”...
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