Good Weekend

It is always so good to get out of town. We had a great weekend at the beach. We had terrific weather – blue skies, sunny, with temperatures around 70 degrees. Saturday morning started with breakfast at Sam and Omie’s. If you visit the Outer Banks, try Sam and Omie’s. The atmosphere is great and…

Save Your Gourds!

Most all of us buy beautiful gourds to use in decorating our homes for fall. Did you know that you can dry them and use them over and over? They won’t have the same brilliant fall colors, but they retain their shape and a little bit of the original color. I do this every year…

Ray-Rah-Ree

Crap. What have I gotten myself into? Today I have to get on the stage in front of 700+ middle school students to lead our first pep rally of the year. I got suckered into doing this because no one else would do it. I hope I don’t accidentally cuss or fall down or say…

Ghost Tour Report

The ghost tour was a lot of fun, but I’ll have to say that I enjoyed looking at the houses more than hearing the stories. This year most of the ghost stories were from houses other than the ones on the walk. These houses are along Rivermont Avenue which is one of America’s first planned…

Tonight’s Fun

We are going on a ghost walk tonight that is sponsored by our local historical society. The walk starts in a local park that is surrounded by old homes. The guides dress in 1800’s costumes and lead their group from house to house by the light of a lantern. Groups stop in front of certain…