River Walk

River Walk This is a photo of a portion of the river walk in my old home town of Wilmington, North Carolina.  That’s the Cape Fear River in the background, and it flows into the Atlantic about thirty miles south of this place.  I lived in Carolina Beach, about fifteen miles south of Wilmington town […]

The Winds Came

Tomorrow a devastating hurricane is expected to strike the southeastern coast of North Carolina. It brings to mind my own experiences in that area some 64 and 74 years ago. My family had moved to Carolina Beach in May or June of 1938.  Over the next six years we had a few severe nor’easters, but […]