Tag Archive for ‘North Carolina’
Beaufort North Carolina in December
If I came to Beaufort in December, in this quiet time of red-bowed Christmas garlands and pink camellias, I’d wander down Front Street and visit with the shop keepers.
Hurricane Irene–A Breath of Cool
Just when we storm-tossed folks of the East Coast need it most comes the welcome relief of cooler weather…A hint of Autumn is in the air and the sky is Carolina blue with white puff clouds sailing across its expanse.
Fiction: Grampa Charlie’s Village
Agatha’s half used to it, but the half that isn’t keeps after him about bein’ late for supper and not sayin’ where he’s been or where he’s goin’, so Ellsworth’s generally in enough hot water to boil his boots.
View From My Window
It is my world, too. This precious blue stone set in a silver sea. This earth, this dear green earth. This blessed speck of the universe. This miracle.
Sweetly at Home in a Small Town
It is those little creative exceptions to the norm, small but important, that helped to nurture my creativity in a small town.
Beaufort, North Carolina
Maybe it’s the spice of the lusty pirates who hid out in these waters, or maybe it’s the current crop of wide-ranging buccaneers who moor their yachts here while passage-making on the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) who deliver the flavor. A port city’s always a bit saucy.
Step into my Garden
Gardening columnist Constance Warren explores what it means to be a “native” — for both plants and people: “As I began my search for hearty and native plant life, I was forced to look at the definition of ‘local’ for myself and others ‘from off’ who call this town home.”
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