Celebrating Seadrift The past three years have come and gone in the blink of an eye; I’ve truly enjoyed interviewing and learning about the people that make up this coastal community. What seems even more difficult to believe is that the Centennial Celebration is now upon us. I can remember hearing about it two years […]

Greetings from the island everyone. Well Thanksgiving is already upon us next week, and I can smell the pans of dressing and pumpkin pie beginning to permeate through the air. Barnacle and I will give our thanks this year here on the island, enjoying a smoked ham that I ordered through a student’s school group. […]

Seasonal Depression Regular readers of this column (I know there is at least one of you out there) might have noticed a preoccupation with Fall over the last four installments, and with good reason. Besides being my favorite time of year, what with all of the Halloween goblins we recently said goodbye to for another […]

If you’ve noticed several women walking around this area with sore and tender feet, and a slightly tired expression on their faces, those were the gals that worked on the POC’s Service Club’s Big Big Big Garage & Bake Sale on the 3rd of this month. As this Sale is our major fund-raising activity, it […]

The Bible has much to say about the “attitude of gratitude.” Allow me to quote just a few verses from God’s Word concerning the act and attitude of giving thanks. Speaking in the context of the command of Ephesians 5:17, to “…be filled with the Spirit,” Paul says, “Giving thanks always for all things unto […]