tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post6612481516475152205..comments2024-03-28T17:33:32.921-04:00Comments on Ocracoke Island Journal: Let Ocracoke Alone!Philiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-74239432592255565642012-03-14T17:31:08.235-04:002012-03-14T17:31:08.235-04:00What a great poem! I love it. Thanks for publish...What a great poem! I love it. Thanks for publishing it here. It is interesting to think of how much change came since it was written.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-91564307642139226522012-03-14T16:26:51.368-04:002012-03-14T16:26:51.368-04:00I've been going to Ocracoke for 45 years. I mi...I've been going to Ocracoke for 45 years. I mind my own business. Talk to a couple of old timers (some are not there anymore (Mr. Williams, Mr. Clinton Gaskill and a few others) I never leave a mark. I sneak in and sneak out. I stay at different places not wanting to become familiar to anyone. You don't even know that I am there. I don't have a right to mess in other people’s affairs or change anything to suit me. I have seen Ocracoke go through changes on it's own without my help. You’re doing just fine. I have always had one wish though. It's too bad that the old coast guard station isn’t accessible to the common vacationer. I bet the view from the tower is something. If it was a state museum would be nice especially if it honored all those who served during WWII. Silver Lake saw a lot of coming and going back then. That time period brought change to the island. Hard roads, modern conveniences, tourism leading to a prosperous community. No, you'll not have me interfere. Let the change be slow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-60906565638946064782012-03-14T14:07:50.116-04:002012-03-14T14:07:50.116-04:00Thanks for passing that find along to us. He menti...Thanks for passing that find along to us. He mentioned one of my ancestors (O'Neal). Was he not too crazy about the others? Oh well , I guess it is a little hard to rhyme anything with Garrish or Howard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-42440491984864344772012-03-14T07:58:03.838-04:002012-03-14T07:58:03.838-04:00Nice. I found his book "Ocracoke" a few ...Nice. I found his book "Ocracoke" a few years ago in a used bookstore in Asheville, NC. What a fun, informational read. It's an autographed copy by him to "Blanche" but there is no last name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-72320838088170228422012-03-14T06:58:35.638-04:002012-03-14T06:58:35.638-04:00Lovely!Lovely!Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12731263268662610474noreply@blogger.com