April Dawn WhiteA Visit to Ocracoke, NCOcracoke Island offers a respite for travelers eager to pull up anchor and leave the concerns of the mainland. Our family has been...
Maggie RoweYes, TrespassingOther than being pulled over a time or two for hurrying on the highway, my husband has never come close to being arrested. Until now. We...
Michelle GillThe first 8 of KerouacJust a little nugget taken from Jack Kerouac's "Belief & Technique for Modern Prose" in Heaven & Other Poems Great advice for a writer...
Brook AllenGet Lost! (in Rome)Note from Michelle: One of my favorite historical fiction trilogies is the Antonius Trilogy by Brook Allen, a Virginia author. Brook did...
Dikkon EberhartWhen Crickets CryMarch 30. I was hot, sweaty. I like being hot, sweaty. Five hours of landscaping, mulching. One last trip to the store, another twenty...
Michelle GillRoanoke's Authentic Custard ShopFrozen custard was introduced commercially in 1919, when the Kohr brothers added egg yolks to their ice cream for a smoother texture and...
Tammy PasterickWhispers from the PastWhispers from the Past Led Me to My Future I never imagined that losing a family recipe would change my life’s course. It sounds silly,...
Susan Frances MorrisThe Gray Lady Awaits YouSusan France Morris, author of THE SENSITIVE ONE finds writing inspiration on Nantucket. My first trip to Nantucket was thirty years ago....
Michelle GillErnie'sA memory... Walking into Ernie's, I can smell the grease from Ernie's famous potato cakes frying on the grill. I squeeze in between two...