After four months of waiting, I finally get to say my Duke appointment is this week!  I’ll go by myself on Friday for a wide variety of pulmonary function tests and then Steve will return with me next Monday to get results from my new doctor, a pulmonologist and lung transplant specialist. …

It’s time once again for a Thing Post which means I feature a variety of topics that don’t make up a post by themselves but are still worth sharing. Thing One A couple of weeks ago, something rare and wondrous happened. I received a handwritten letter!…

The Big Bang Steve was in his church office last week when he heard a big bang. He immediately ran upstairs to where some remodeling was being done to check on the workers. They were all fine but said they had heard the crash, too. …

No matter where we live, each of us has interesting places nearby that are worth a second look.   One of those places on the Outer Banks is Reynolds Barber Shop in downtown Manteo. It is owned by C.L. Reynolds and his son, Ben.  C.L. has been cutting hair since 1958 and now, in his mid 80’s, still works every Tuesday.…