Dec 1, 2012
We find you coiled on yourself, A clef note left in the sand, We find you abandoned, an empty case Which once held chords and organs, The melody of a hidden life.
Wet-nosed, floppy-eared Plott hounds. Stock car racing. Milk. Each is among the dozens of official state symbols designated by North Carolina’s General Assembly. The list also includes several emblems of our coast.
Fishing aficionados are constantly discussing the best baits, lines, leaders and hooks to improve their fish-catching odds.
To borrow a phrase from Yogi Berra, when it comes to harvesting rainwater, it’s “déjà vu all over again.”
For communities in coastal North Carolina, tourism and development present many challenges. Changes often happen quickly, putting stress on local resources.
Haunting tales of doomed vessels and heroic rescues of shipwrecked sailors along North Carolina’s coast are the stuff of lore and legend. And so are the lifesaving stations and crews that kept watch on the Graveyard of the Atlantic over the past 140 years.
