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Sea turtle nesting season
It’s sea turtle nesting season here on the North Carolina coast, and for the first time, we are up close and personal to learn all about it! Our town became part of the sea turtle nest monitoring and protection program in 1989. That makes this the 27th year of the program here on our island!…
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Goodbye, flip-flops
I’ve sworn off my formerly favorite footwear. For years I’ve worn flip-flops whenever I could get away with it because they are nearly like going barefoot and I think maybe my feet are claustrophobic. That, or it’s like my Granmama always said when she saw me barefoot: You can take the girl out of the…
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Life lately: June edition
“In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.” Maya Angelou Date night: casual dinner out and a walk on the beach. June has mostly looked like hot summer days and visiting family. Brandon, Diane, and little Carter the week…
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Summer plans
It’s officially summer (at least in this hemisphere) and I’ve got big plans! 1- Don’t melt. Always a goal for summer in the South. Although it’s humid as all get-out here, it’s not any worse than back in “Hotlanta” and at least we usually have a bit of a breeze. Still, hot is hot! 2-…
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Birthday thoughts: forty-three
Forty-three is the smallest non-palindromic prime which on subtracting its reverse gives a perfect square: 43 – 34 = 9. How’s that for an obscure fact you probably don’t care a thing about? Unless you’re a math geek, in which case you probably enjoyed that factoid; to each his own, my friends. (I’m more of…
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Life lately: May edition
“It’s not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” -Friedrich Nietzsche Ken and I ran a 5k last weekend — our first race together! We don’t often get to run together but it’s fun when we do. This was the second 5k in a four-race series I’m doing this…