Outer Banks Christmas

Cottages at Duck Some years ago my family was planning to be with my wife and me for Christmas at our Maryland home.  The question was, where would they all stay?  We had a comfortable four-bedroom house, but with five sons, three daughters-in-law, five grandchildren, and the two of us there simply wasn’t enough room […]

Get Out of Here!

  In 1978 my brother Branch Fields lost his dear wife Ruth to cancer.  They had celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary earlier that year. In 1979 Branch came east to visit family and friends in North Carolina, and he also managed to spend a few days with us in Columbia, Maryland.  We really enjoyed his […]