Looks like I spoke a little too soon when I said the worst of the storm was behind us.  From what I’m hearing now, we are expecting a storm surge at about 8 pm tonight that will turn a lot of sodden, half flooded areas into real floods. Here is what downtown Manteo looked like this afternoon; a storm surge from the nearby sound is…

The Girdle. Since Summer is a lady dog (unlike her predecessor who was All Boy), she has now added to her list of life experiences the joy of wearing a girdle-like garment: the Thundershirt.  (By the way, the Thundershrt did an amazing job of keeping her calm during the storm.)…

I did make it to my weekend getaway in the woods despite the storm and am home now, watching the wind and the rain and the fury from my comfy recliner, with Summer tucked in beside me. Thankfully she has done well so far; we bought her a Thundershirt and she has stayed quite calm most of the time, with a few episodes of shaking…

What My Weekend Will Hold: 1. A  retreat in a cabin in the woods with a dozen women.  I think I will be the youngest one there, which is kind of exciting because at the age of fifty, I hardly ever get to be the youngest!  (Maybe in honor of the occasion, my crow’s feet will opt to recede a little.)…