Our beautiful old bridge. Nothing quite like coming across and hearing the hum of tires and the clackity clack as you finally make it to the island. Please come on down to the Surf City Summer Market – right across from the Trailer Bar on the Pender-Onslow county lines. All sorts of neato stuff from soap to jewelry and tomatoes to leather goods. Of course, I’ll be there with THE DAYS OF HAIRAWN MUHLY  and THE TRILL OF THE RED WING BLACKBIRD. Still plugging away at THE BRIDGE TO PARADISE – daggone hard drive crashed, but I was able to save the book! Yippee! Looking for about 4 to 5 weeks before it will be ready. Thanks for being patient.

Not long after my family moved to Surf City in 1955 my father bought one of the World War II barracks. It aptly was called Ross Apartments. This is a photo of my sister and myself probably around 1957 or so. Growing up in the barracks and on the island during the 50s and 60s was a unique experience. I would not trade it for the world. You can see how desolate it was back then, but we had the ocean, the dunes and the marshlands as our playground.

What a pretty beach!

What do you think – 1970s? Surf City when it was the Fisherman’s Paradise and all we young’uns were footloose and fancy free. Check out Surf City Summer Market on Facebook – all the cool stuff will be there this summer with only locally made arts and crafts. There will be a farmer’s market there as well. Can’t wait till the summer!!!

There she is – our little bridge. The Bridge to Paradise

Oh what a beautiful morning! Now if only everything would go my way!!

Wild looking sky! huh?

A rough and following sea.

The beach is not always sunny and warm – Today I took a stroll along what tiny bit of sand Mother Nature was leaving for me to walk on and was reminded of how powerful, beautiful and majestic the Atlantic is – In the above picture the two pilings standing in the mist are what is left of Barnacle Bills.

Really like this picture. Wish the sun would have been out.

Okay – here it is. The cover for the brand new book THE TRILL OF THE RED-WING BLACKBIRD.  This is the second in the trilogy of the continuing saga about our beloved Topsail Island. This book opens in 1954 with Hurricane Hazel (remember that witch?) and travels through time to around 1960 – when all of us who grew up on the island were coming into our own. It is available on Amazon, but you can always reach me and I can send you an autographed copy OR I will be at the Women’s Expo in Surf City March 8 – or come to the festivals this summer. There will be one on South Topsail on Tuesdays and one in Surf City on Thursdays. Thank you, thank you for your interest.