This summer, the most effective predators in the world are coming to your neighborhood. In fact, they likely have already arrived. Of course, I’m talking about the two-to-five inch long dragonflies that emerge every summer to feast on the abundant insect life. Acrobatic, colorful and speedy, dragonflies are a common sight in the summer. Dragonflies […]

How many of you remember The Ryon Store of Seadrift? It was on Main Street. One store had Dr. Oscar Ryon’s office in the back of the building. In front of his office was the Drug Store with Philip Ryon filling prescriptions for Doctor Ryon. Then there was the Post Office with Lucille Byon, the […]

Island Summer Heat Has Arrived Greetings from the island everyone. I hope that all of you are doing well and adjusting to this ridiculous sultry heat that we have been having lately. As I sit out on my island porch having my Maxwell House coffee at 6:50 a.m. ( one week prior to you reading […]

As of the time of this writing there are over one million Americans currently out of work in the United States, putting a strain on the unemployment system and destroying the savings accounts of both families and individuals. Like many of the challenges we face as this year gets into its second half, there are […]

Birds are singing, cicadas are buzzing, and…raccoons are out in the daytime? Summer is officially here, and that means wildlife is out and about, searching for food, raising their young, and seeking new territory. Many animals share our human spaces with us, and as we spend more time outside, we’re bound to run into them […]