Security: A barefoot man precedes me into my room at the Inn. He hands me a key and says, “You can lock if you want, but there’s no need. Nobody does.” Suspense: At The Ocracoke Coffee Company, a bearded barrista says, “I thought I’d try something different today and open on time.” The half dozen […]
The just commissioned Swan Quarter ferried us across Pamlico Sound to Ocracoke Island, a place made almost inaccessible from the north by Hurricane Sandy. This has caused many businesses on the island to close early for the season and those that aren’t closed might just as well be says Books to be Red bookstore owner […]
Today Acadia and I spent four hours together inside a moving car. Greenville to Southern Pines without incident. By 3 p.m., we were checked into our surprisingly attractive room at the Southern Pines Econo Lodge and by 4 p.m. I was sipping a mocha latte at Flynne’s Coffee Bar, an old haunt. I remember the Econo Lodge chain […]
