The Best Blind Dates EVER!

Best of all, these Blind Dates are all
Husband Approved!

If the dating experiences of my warm wonderful single friends are any indication, Blind Dates are not for the faint of heart.  When we were on Ocracoke Island for our most recent ReMe Retreat in October, we discovered one solid exception to this rule, and you're going to love it.

Are these Ocracoke Blind Dates...

... in abundant supply? Yes!

... easily accessible? Yes!

... emotionally available?  Yes!

... satisfying?!?!  Yes.  Yes!  YES!!!


These mysterious Blind Dates might just be the best kept secret on Ocracoke Island!  And regardless of your gender, marital status, personal preferences, or geographic location, you can have one or more of your very own!

Thanks to the lovely ladies at Books To Be Red, the sky is the limit when it comes to these Blind Dates!

Here's Jodi with her Blind Date...

...and me with mine!

Blind Dates are ready and waiting for you!

Just a few of the many Blind Dates that are available.

Surprise yourself during the Holidays, with a Blind Date...
or two or three...of your very own!  

Provide your wish list to the Lovely Ladies of Books to Be Red, and they'll provide you with a match made in Heaven.  You may reach Leslie and Heather via their Facebook Page or by calling 252-928-3936.

Love from Ocracoke.  

It doesn't get any easier or better than that.  

My Love for Hyperbole and a Half

I've been savoring this gem of a book since I discovered it at Books To Be Red during our ReMe Retreat on Ocracoke Island in May.  I admit that it was an impulse buy.  The artwork on the cover grabbed my attention, and after browsing a few random pages, I had to have it! 

In Hyperbole and a Half, Allie Brosh provides readers with a lighthearted look at serious issues like depression and mental health, while also drawing attention to the random absurdities of everyday life...and our pets...and our love of cake...and the heinous nature of geese...and so much more!  Virtually every drawing and chapter in this book brings a smile to my face, and I can't begin to count the number of times that these pages have made me laugh aloud.

Signs of love, or maybe jealously, left by
Clark the Cat.  He seems to be at his friskiest when I'm
laughing madly for no apparent reason. 

Given my love of instant gratification, by not reading this treat in one marathon session, I'm exercising great restraint.  Instead, it lives nearby, at the ready for those days that I need it most.  I'm hoping that I can make it last until April 2016, when Allie Brosh's new book, Solutions and Other Problems, will hit bookstores.

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For Leslie Lanier, the lovely and talented owner of 

Books to Be Red, if you're reading this, please reserve a copy of Solutions and Other Problems for me during my visit in May!  For my ReMe Sisters, and anyone else who loves this sweet bookstore on Ocracoke Island, please contact Leslie by email, phone, or Facebook to order or reserve your copies too.  While there's nothing like an in person experience at Books to Be Red, 

mail order from Ocracoke is the next best thing!  

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(For my grammar and punctuation-loving-friends, be sure to read this post from Allie Brosh.  I promise you'll love it 'alot'.)  

Clark looking deceptively sweet. 

Memories of Ocracoke and Books to Be Red

The porch at Books To Be Red is a warm and welcoming sight.

In November, before Mom came home to us, Ken and I were able to sneak away for a few glorious days in The Outer Banks.  We ferried from Swan Quarter to Ocracoke, and we visited a few of our favorite people and places on the way to the Hatteras Ferry. 

Books to Be Red, and our friends there, are always at the top of our list, and it was an added treat to see the work of some of our other artist-friends featured there.  A few of their creations are shown below; but somehow I forget to take a photo of my own collection.  :-) If you haven't visited Books to Be Red, you're missing an a treasure!  An Independent Bookseller... with the friendliest folks you can imagine... AND fabulous artsy finds.  In my book it doesn't get much better than that. 
 

A School of Mary's Funky Fish



Flying Pig Pottery by Suzanne Rehbock

  

Hoo created those amazing owls?!?!  Jodi Ohl, of course. 

 

Flour sack tea towels....love! Love! LOVE!!!

  

Coastal themed tea towels and the chicks shown above
made a perfect Christmas gift from Ken!

As always, the time passed too quickly, and we're hoping for a much longer visit in 2013.