tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post3107564688219963020..comments2024-03-28T17:33:32.921-04:00Comments on Ocracoke Island Journal: Off Island LivingPhiliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-66779075690860159962011-01-08T20:14:06.315-05:002011-01-08T20:14:06.315-05:00I know I am commenting on a old post (I was catchi...I know I am commenting on a old post (I was catching up....from a long time ago....)<br /><br />Anyway, just wanted to comment on you living in Gettysburg, PA. I live in Dover (near York, PA). Not to far from where you used to live.<br /><br />And I am also a teacher (Health and Physical Education.)<br /><br />We have recently gotten a bit of snow here (actually our first taste, kind of on the late side.)<br /><br />I really enjoy catching up with your posts and can't wait for our next visit. My parents brought me down every year with one or two other families in the late 70's through the mid-90's. I have just started to bring my friends and family in the last few years. My daughter had her first visit this past summer. <br /><br />Good job! Kelly (Walton) ReiderAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-33703143290140701742010-10-04T20:43:01.222-04:002010-10-04T20:43:01.222-04:00Heather & Addison, please give my regards to G...Heather & Addison, please give my regards to Graham Bell the next time you see him.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-87834183973962150482010-10-04T20:41:30.836-04:002010-10-04T20:41:30.836-04:00Actually my view on oaths is quite secular (though...Actually my view on oaths is quite secular (though it does comport with the Quaker testimony against swearing). In brief, my word speaks for itself. "Swearing" as I place my hand upon some holy book would have no bearing on my honesty. My simple affirmation is my committment to speak the truth. It's as straightforward as that.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-8129035894758103812010-10-04T20:06:54.948-04:002010-10-04T20:06:54.948-04:00Hmmm, Quaker. Philip, you are full of surprises. ...Hmmm, Quaker. Philip, you are full of surprises. Perhaps that explains a comment you made several years ago about going to court in Swan Quarter for jury duty and affirming rather than swearing. My background is Anabaptist(Mennonite to be specific). Although I now attend a nondenominational church, I still consider myself Anabaptist, and affirming is one tenant of faith that I continue to hold on to. I enjoy the blog and the opportunities I've had to meet you at various times, esp. at the Ocracoke square dances!<br /><br />Steve, for Lynn & SteveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-69304241090393475682010-10-04T11:31:53.066-04:002010-10-04T11:31:53.066-04:00We did own and operate the Community Store for a c...We did own and operate the Community Store for a couple of years (late '70s). But the Village Craftsmen was already established. The Community Store venture was mainly an effort to protect and preserve the store. We sold the Community Store two years later to friends whom we trusted not to tear it down and develop the property. And so...it is still a thriving business to this day.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-19265742730261110822010-10-04T10:55:09.365-04:002010-10-04T10:55:09.365-04:00Did you also run the Community Store for a year or...Did you also run the Community Store for a year or two before establishing the Village Craftsmen? When was that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-64405886478961771822010-10-04T09:49:26.015-04:002010-10-04T09:49:26.015-04:00Philip,
A few months ago, I was talking to a frien...Philip,<br />A few months ago, I was talking to a friend as we were standing on his rural horse farm in Fluvanna County, VA. Somehow the conversation turned to Ocracoke, as it seems to do with me, and he said "I had a teacher in Maryland from Ocracoke..." Through a series of question and answer, we determined that it must have been you, and now it's confirmed! (His name is Graham Bell, if you remember any of your former students.)<br />Addison and I were just on the island 2 weeks ago (getting married!) and we didn't see you again after the Monday night show with Amy. I had wanted to ask you about it...such a small world!<br /><br />Heather & AddisonShutt2uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09144711210125297016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-18589296366518195372010-10-04T02:12:01.479-04:002010-10-04T02:12:01.479-04:00Phillip--A pleasure, as always, to see that you fi...Phillip--A pleasure, as always, to see that you field our inquiries here with such a sense of... patience, indulgence, humility. Appreciate your giving us a glimpse into island life and history, as well as your own life and history, as it would indeed seem to be one and the same. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-5871319607921689112010-10-03T23:02:29.825-04:002010-10-03T23:02:29.825-04:00And don't forget the excellent percussion you ...And don't forget the excellent percussion you provide by playing the little dancing man! :)Ocrakatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04083808994053720326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-48150443589080296422010-10-03T19:52:13.245-04:002010-10-03T19:52:13.245-04:00I play about a dozen (maybe a few more) simple mel...I play about a dozen (maybe a few more) simple melodies on the harmonica. And the radio...I play that too.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-69848024308747252452010-10-03T19:50:52.927-04:002010-10-03T19:50:52.927-04:00Re. teaching: I never had the first course in Educ...Re. teaching: I never had the first course in Education. I sought my first teaching job because I needed a job and was interested in being involved with a Quaker Meeting -- thus Sandy Spring Friends School. It is, of course, a private school, so I didn't need the Education classes. I had been enrolled in seminary prior to that time. <br /><br />On Ocracoke (and I moved to Ocracoke permanently for several reasons -- my family history on the island, the natural beauty, and the sense of community here) I taught simply because the principal was in a bind, and I needed the extra income. I really wasn't qualified to teach any of the subjects...let alone all of them!<br /><br />I'm not really a business person either, though I have owned and operated Village Craftsmen for many years (successfully, I might add). I never had any more business courses than education courses!Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-21086412173241741912010-10-03T19:44:47.135-04:002010-10-03T19:44:47.135-04:00Impressive resume-I would have guessed the English...Impressive resume-I would have guessed the English & History. Are you starting to feel a little like a rock star? Hey, you don't play an instrument-do you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-65515458990533726882010-10-03T18:48:33.990-04:002010-10-03T18:48:33.990-04:00And what was it about teaching at Ocracoke--or per...And what was it about teaching at Ocracoke--or perhaps teaching in general--that led you to log just one year at the school there, since it would seem you're a natural and, in a way, have still been teaching--about life and about Ocracoke--for many years in this forum?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-66477948967683156002010-10-03T18:00:43.527-04:002010-10-03T18:00:43.527-04:00You have such an interesting story! Thanks so muc...You have such an interesting story! Thanks so much for sharing it with us. What made you decide to move to Ocracoke permanently?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-32872862309598395762010-10-03T17:01:49.989-04:002010-10-03T17:01:49.989-04:00My college major? Well, that was Philosophy. I kep...My college major? Well, that was Philosophy. I kept looking in the "Help Wanted" ads for philosophers but could never find any openings...so I eventually ended up here on Ocracoke.<br /><br />In Maryland I taught English and math. I forgot to mention that I taught one year (1974-1975) on Ocracoke (that year's principal, who was seeing aliens landing on his lawn, was desparate). I was the one and only eleventh and twelfth grade teacher, and I taught English, American History, World History, Consumer Math, Algebra I, Algebra II, Biology, & PE. The only thing I didn't teach was Home Economics.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-68647138992957119462010-10-03T15:40:01.342-04:002010-10-03T15:40:01.342-04:00You left out your college major and the subject yo...You left out your college major and the subject you taught.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-40011822400100377432010-10-03T11:11:17.222-04:002010-10-03T11:11:17.222-04:00Interesting! My question would have been - "w...Interesting! My question would have been - "were you ever a teacher-you seem like a natural".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-66574772001797270492010-10-03T09:39:17.082-04:002010-10-03T09:39:17.082-04:00Gettysburg is a beautiful, small, central Pennsylv...Gettysburg is a beautiful, small, central Pennsylvania town...with, of course, an abundance of history. One abiding memory is walking across campus after a winter storm. Every branch of every tree was coated with a layer of ice. The world, that morning, glistened and sparkled like a magical wonderland.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-78307219222160692252010-10-03T08:27:11.482-04:002010-10-03T08:27:11.482-04:00you are a sage voice indeed. to have the fortune o...you are a sage voice indeed. to have the fortune of such experience your perspective on the human experience couched by living in many locales is a priceless resource. What is your fondest memory from college or what traditions from your college days stick with you from a heart warming perspective.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com