If you live on a barrier island, the sand underneath you is an ever-shifting thing. Wind, water, and varying amounts of time all like to take those fine particles and move them, sometimes in one direction only to move some of them back again a short time later. In a storm, for example, much of […]
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Winter Island Solitude
I’ve mentioned before that the best time to visit the islands of the Carolinas is in the autumn, when the crowds disappear but the warm temperatures remain. But if you are looking for a bit of solitude this winter, I can’t imagine a better place to be than here, where it’s possible to have the coast […]
Thoughts on the Sea #15
How inappropriate to call this planet “Earth†when it is clearly “Ocean.” Arthur C. Clarke For other thoughts, you may want to check out #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, and #14.
Merry Christmas to All!
As it was foretold hundreds of years before the birth that changed everything: “The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.†Isaiah 9:2 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to All!
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A Coastal Autumn and the Nagging Questions of Childhood
Historically, October tends to have some high tides in the coastal Carolinas; this past October certainly attempted, thanks to the excessive rains, to outpace its past outpourings (apologies!). Social media in these here parts was flooded (apologies again!) with pictures of people wading and kayaking across driveways, streets, and yards. Once day when I arrived […]
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A Halloween Wish
Happy Halloween! I offer y’all the best wish I can think of this Halloween night: May your collection of Halloween candy be mostly all chocolate. Enjoy the bounty, y’all!