Beaufort County, NC loses its towers of dreams…

A bunch of out-of-state developers floated up the Pamlico River a year or so ago and bought a funky old waterfront park called Whichard’s Beach. They hired a fancy architect, issued a bunch of big-time press releases written by expensive advertising agencies to pimp the property and it began. The Beaufort County real estate agent’s [...]

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mental amblyopia

Val coined a term for her 90-year-old Mom’s brain. It’s mental amblyopia. Ruth’s train of thought travels a gentle route from one side of her brain to another. Like a “lazy eye”, her brain moves to the left brain for a few seconds, stays there, then slowly makes it’s way over the right side. Mathematical [...]

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Home health care, personal

Val woke up at 4:00 a.m. this morning with a horrid migraine. As usual, she tried to medicate it away without waking me. Imitrex (100 mgs) will do the trick almost every time. Not today — by 6:00 a.m. — I knew she was in big trouble. I brought her another round of meds, [...]

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