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Carolina Railhawks Have Me Soaring

Ilinap · July 7, 2011 ·

What exactly is a Railhawk? Bird tried to tell me it's a kind of bird that lives on train tracks. I would have believed him because he sounded so convincing, but his snicker outed him. We went to a Carolina Railhawks game last Sunday. The plan was to just get out of the house … [Read more...] about Carolina Railhawks Have Me Soaring

Tags: family, fun, kids, North Carolina, sports

Peanut Butter and Jelly…fish – Wordless Wednesday

Ilinap · July 6, 2011 ·

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Tags: beach, North Carolina, travel, vacation, wordless Wednesday

GQ is in his future. – Wordless Wednesday

Ilinap · June 29, 2011 ·

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Tags: Bird, North Carolina, travel, vacation

Food Bank Needs a Flood of Donations to Support Tornado Victims

Ilinap · April 28, 2011 ·

I have been grappling with how to process and adequately express my feelings about the spate of tornadoes that hit North Carolina a couple weeks ago and those that ravaged more of the South just yesterday. My family was fortunately out of town when the twister hit Raleigh, and … [Read more...] about Food Bank Needs a Flood of Donations to Support Tornado Victims

Tags: community, food, North Carolina, poverty, responsibility, thankful, values, volunteer, weather

Stately – Wordless Wednesday

Ilinap · April 13, 2011 ·

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Tags: North Carolina, travel, vacation, wordless Wednesday

Corn. Unadulterated. – Wordless Wednesday

Ilinap · November 10, 2010 ·

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Tags: food, North Carolina, wordless Wednesday

Pineapple Margarita – 5:00 Fridays

Ilinap · July 30, 2010 ·

Perhaps you remember Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's giving the weather report to Sally Tomato. In her case the weather report was some mobster code. In my neck of the woods everyone is talking about the weather too. Mostly whether the weather will ever cool off. While … [Read more...] about Pineapple Margarita – 5:00 Fridays

Tags: 5:00 Fridays, cocktail, fun, happy hour, North Carolina

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