Archive for July 2017

Hurricane Donna Sept. 12, 1960 –winds at 100 mph. Only a cat 2 but a strong cat 2.  The fishing piers got blasted then, winds came and knocked the center or ends of most off the 8 piers that were on the island at the time. QUOTE: When you come out of the storm, you…

I’ve never professed to be a painter-an artist in that medium-but as I stared at the plain blank walls of my abode i was compelled to do this. Hope you enjoy – would welcome any criticism–she can always be improved. A name? any suggestions there?

We all have stories. Stories happen to us all the time. Someone asked me the other day if one of my characters was a particular person. Of course, my characters are composites of the people whom I have met, those who have impressed upon me their lives, loves–their character. I’m sure I’m a character in…

                                                                In the broad and silky morn                                   …

Oh, don’t we look so excited (really?) geez–why didn’t we smile more back in the day? QUOTE: How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you were? – Satchel Paige WRITING TIP: When I write about youth, from a youthful perspective, I remember how I felt–all the insecurities, the doubts. Time or…

                LIFE STINKSOut and about today, checking out the water–the sound. Geez, it was mighty peaceful–t’was nice.Low tide comes along slowly, so does the smell that comes with it. Low tide is all about life; its beginning and ending. You can see it. Hermit crabs are out, fiddler…

     Before 6 this morning; it was so beautiful I had to take the shot, but then two seconds later the sun breached a bulkhead of clouds and it was even more beautiful–seconds later, even more…it just doesn’t stop.     Along the shore of my church, I contemplate a scene in a fiction I’m…

                                                                  Early morning beautiful. QUOTE: Go outside amidst the simple beauty of nature and know that as long as places like this exist,…

A short while back I mentioned that I was writing an article about Monty Brigman for Livin’ Out Loud magazine–well, here’s Monty and his lovely wife Pansy many years ago. The photo below is Monty now. Monty fought in World War II. He was kind enough to sit down with me for an hour or…

What a fantastic 4th of July. Shrimp on the barbee, burgers and good friends. It was a quiet night—huh? watched everything from afar–from the dock–must have been seven shows going on from Hampstead to Holly Ridge–we saw so much from a distance. QUOTE: Everything wasn’t meant to be chased. Certain things were made to be…