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 […]
I’ve now hiked the Pinnacle Trail at Table Rock State Park three times, most recently yesterday when I came about as close to killing myself as I’ve ever done. And no bones about it, if I had slipped the surly bonds, it would have been a clear cut case of redneck suicide. (“Hey, ya’ll, […]
