My big fish must be somewhere.”—Ernest Hemingway; The Old Man and the Sea Today we had an amazing opportunity to tour the Ocearch research ship and join with the rest of the town in a kick off party for the crew as they prepare for their 2020 research expedition which will concentrate on the study of white sharks in the Lowcountry (Southeast coast.) It was an honor to be surrounded by people so passionate about the study, conservation and preservation of these apex predators, which I admit scare the heck out of me. The experience made me very briefly regret … Continue reading Sea Scientists Send-Off

We have started moving FORWARD on quite a few projects (update to follow) but today I thought I would take a quick moment to look BACK. The previous owners were gracious enough to leave us with a small treasure trove of documents pertaining to the house’s history. I had given them a quick look when we first moved in and then filed them away in our fire box for safe keeping. My plan was to look at them as a reward once we had finally gotten everything moved in and were settled. It has been a cold and dreary week … Continue reading Throwback Thursday

And I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep.” —-Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse Five I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can’t see from the center.” —-Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing wings on the way down.” —-Kurt Vonnegut, If This Isn’t Nice, What Is,” Advice for the Young It is late(ish) in my world and has been a pretty uneventful day. … Continue reading Quotes by Kurt

Let’s backtrack to Wednesday. The day I contracted the plague. I told you there was a story and today I am going to tell it. So grab a glass of sweet tea and settle in because it is a doozy. I went out in the morning to mail some letters and do some banking. As luck would have it, traffic was heavy and I was unable to make the left turn out of the bank parking lot that I needed to make in order to head straight home. So I turned right. That’s how so many adventures, or misadventures, start. … Continue reading Gasoline, Graveyards And Ghosts

Today was a day of action, a call to service. I was honored to work alongside some amazing men, women and pretty cool kids as we donned our work gloves and masks and cleared out the old Risely School. I am new to the area and admit, I don’t know any of the history of the old Risley School. What I DO know is that this old school lies a few streets and a world away from where I live. Where I live is filled with cool coffee shops and bars with live music. Where I live you can grab … Continue reading Together We RISE