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.

Memories are like small towns along a highway

Looking back on our lives can be a valuable experience.
In some ways, memories are like small towns along a highway. You’re in the dark until all of sudden, you round a corner onto Main Street, where the memories are waiting for you like the inviting lights in a late-night diner.

For more click the link or the picture http://ow.ly/n9bgf #TheRoadToMyCountry

Beautiful Beach Waters Near Emerald Isle, NC
Beautiful Beach Waters Near Emerald Isle, NC

My list of tech sins, can you add to it?

My list of tech sins, can you add to it?  What makes you want to push back from your desk and forget it for a while?

Read my article at ReadWrite by clicking the link or the picture. http://ow.ly/mU3Eq

Sometimes there is only one solution, grab the fishing gear and head out.  Here’s my new fishing gear that I am preparing to use in the surf as soon as the weather, wind, and waves cooperate.

The garden also is often good place to lose those tech frustrations.  Those are buckets of Southern Outer Banks tomatoes on the left in the background.

Fishing gear banishes tech headaches
Fishing gear banishes tech headaches

Our Fifth Book Is Almost Here- “A Journey To My Country”

This passage sets the stage.

It’s often late at night on a dark country road when people and places, both remembered and imagined, become the sparks that light the memory defining our lives.

As my wife and I glide through the black night on Union Cross Church Road, we cross a small creek, and it hits me. I see the long-gone millpond, the house with five fireplaces, and the mill itself. I see the shadows of three young girls, my mother and her two sisters, picking beans in their garden. Next, I remember the place as it was when I was young, an old, crumbling concrete dam with trees growing in the former millpond.

The memory fades as fast as it comes, and the dark road continues on into the night.

There is more information about our upcoming book at my View from the Mountain site.

The White Oak River in my country
The White Oak River in my country

The Right Spot For Your July 4 Week At The Beach

There are plenty of places you can go to find crowds on the beach and a hectic beach vacation.  If you want to relax and enjoy reconnecting to the natural world, maybe you should visit the Crystal Coast where the beaches are family friendly and the crowds have room to spread out.  Check out this link for more information or click on the beach picture.

The Beach At The Point On Emerald Isle
The Beach At The Point On Emerald Isle