River House Diary

I purchased this canister when staging our Oakton house master bath. It came with us to upstate New York and has another move in its future. It’s been around. Pottery Barn's Porcelain Basketweave Accessories ; courtesy of Pottery Barn

104 Duval Lane, New Bern, North Carolina 28560 This beautiful 2.82-acre wooded lot is in River Ridge Estates minutes from MCAS-Cherry Point and a half-hour from North Carolina's award-winning crystal coast. The property adjoins a 38-acre parcel owned by the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust, which cannot be built upon. Front of the lot from Duval Lane; courtesy of Ted Jennings From the back of the lot looking toward Duval Lane; courtesy of Ted Jennings From the back of the lot looking toward the land owned by the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust; courtesy of Ted Jennings 104 Duval Lane; personal collection

"In my mind I'm going to Carolina. Can't you see the sunshine, can't you just feel the moonshine? Ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind? Yes, I'm going to Carolina in my mind" --James Taylor Our future home will be on the lot between the house with the pool on the left  and the brick house on the right; courtesy of NCRMLS In 1993 Pete and I bought a lot next door to Mom and Dad's house on Dawson's Creek[1] in Pamlico County, North Carolina. Moving close to Mom and Dad would ensure I would stay close to my brothers because we would see them whenever they came "home" to Mom and Dad's. And we could help Mom and Dad as they aged. But life has a funny way of happening while one is making plans. After much discussion causing a rough patch in our marriage, Pete and I decided not to move to North Carolina in the foreseeable future. We stayed in northern Virginia and moved to a new (to us) house in 2004. When ...