Month: September 2018
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Grandma Flo
Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get. -Mark Twain Apparently my brain just did not have enough of Hurricane Florence. It has almost a week since the storm dropped historic amounts of rainfall across my state of North Carolina. All of that water must have gone to my head, because last night’s […]
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Memento Mori
At sunset, the little soul that had come with the dawning went away, leaving heartbreak behind it. -L. M. Montgomery The hurricane brought with it all of the expected hardships: wind, rain, flooding, downed trees, power outages. For me, it also brought a unique opportunity to look for old family photographs as I attempted to […]
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Call Me Ishmael
For there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men. -Herman Melville Hurricane Florence is upon us! Abandon all hope, ye who enter North Carolina! Especially if you were planning to drive I-95. You’ll find the entire state is pretty much closed, please come […]
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The Star-Crossed Wanderers
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. — Edgar Allan Poe I have never been one for blogging. Not one for much public exposition on the whole, honestly. My social media activities consist of occasionally posting pictures of pets and places, […]
Just a Poor Ghost 