It rained this morning and more is expected this afternoon, so except for a quick start-of-business visit to Ocracoke Coffee Company, I spent the first half of the day puttering inside. Then I polished off the last of last night’s haul from Zillie’s — prosciutto, brie and rice crackers — after which Acadia went berserkers. […]
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 […]
