Hurricane Florence reshaped and changed many beaches on the Crystal Coast. Even the sand is different in places. Read more.
New Beaches for the Fourth
Author: ocracokewaves
A now sane individual who escaped the world of selling technology, now living in the rolling hills of the North Carolina Piedmont. I have been at one time or another, a farmer, a director for Apple, and a vice president at Wideopen Networks. I continue to pursue my love of photography and writing. I have great memories of boating, fishing, kayaking, swimming, and hiking the beaches along North Carolina's Southern Outer Banks where we lived for fifteen years.
THE REAL DANGER TO OUR SOCIETY
We hear lots of talk about inequality in incomes, but there is an underlying problem that continues to get worse. It infects government, corporations, and even neighborhoods. It is not new but it is getting worse. Read more
TOLERANCE LEADS TO ACCEPTANCE
Each of us is an interesting mixture of what we were born with, who raised us, where we have lived and the people whose lives have intersected our paths. How we have reacted to all those situations ends up defining us and our world view. Some of my best friends are living just miles from where they grew up.Ā My wife, Glenda, and I have lived a far different life and it is about to get even more interesting again. Read more
Keeping Our Brains Wired
Our minds are amazing but like most things, they perform better if they are used regularly. Could it be that reading complex books primes our brains to keep track of more information than if we only read short articles? Read More
Too Much Communication, Too Little Listening
Clearly, things are changing in the world of communication. Our telephones ring so much with unwanted calls that many of us, myself included, like to make the few telephone calls that we take meaningful. Read More
Pinch me when it is over
The fall of 2018 has not been a fall to cherish.Ā Fall is usually a wonderful time on the Crystal Coast but unfortunately, the slow movement of Hurricane Florence over the North Carolina coast set the tone for the fall.Ā Along with Florence, we have had more than our share of rainy and windy weather.Ā Read more
Time to Take a Breath
On September 11, 2018, we heeded the county’s mandatory evacuation orders and headed west from our home along Raymond’s Gut which flows into the White Oak River just three miles upriver from Swansboro, North Carolina. The garage of our house is just twenty-five feet from the water but we have never suffered water damage from a storm, even Category 3 Hurricane Irene. Florence looked like it was going to be very different.Ā Read more.
Fourteen years of posts
On the Friday after Thanksgiving 2018, the View from the Mountain blog will have its fourteenth anniversary. It was not my first adventure on the web but it certainly has been my most persistent presence. There are close to fifteen hundred posts at View from the Mountain.Ā Read more
Florence Stayed Too Long
It did not take us long to make the decision to evacuate for Hurricane Florence.Ā The potential for damage was just too great to stay.Ā Read more
Summer 2018 Update
There is nothing like finishing the evening fishing in the surf.Ā A good summer on the Crystal Coast and the weather looks like it is headed in the right direction. Read more at this link.
Our technological infirmity 
