tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post5739004974908503608..comments2024-03-28T17:33:32.921-04:00Comments on Ocracoke Island Journal: ChangePhiliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-75361782615147311882011-06-13T22:18:08.709-04:002011-06-13T22:18:08.709-04:00Back in the 1970s the deputies would sometimes car...Back in the 1970s the deputies would sometimes carry miscreants to the ferry, put them aboard, and warn them not to return! That doesn't happen any more. But I did hear of one resident who recently gave the same treatment to the abusive boyfriend of one of his employees. It worked!Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-65315354907905971982011-06-12T08:05:18.320-04:002011-06-12T08:05:18.320-04:00Does this mean no one is voted off the island?Does this mean no one is voted off the island?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-55671613258521331262011-06-11T09:42:59.535-04:002011-06-11T09:42:59.535-04:00Quoting Heraclitus! Nice! Your seminary years are ...Quoting Heraclitus! Nice! Your seminary years are showing. Thoughtful, reflective post.John Edward Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13983843497044452774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-24805636059410606602011-06-10T14:46:16.978-04:002011-06-10T14:46:16.978-04:00Hi Philip,
Dare Wright's photographic tribute...Hi Philip,<br /><br />Dare Wright's photographic tribute "Ocracoke in The Fifties" shows island life in that slower, gentler era.<br /><br />Thank you for continuing to carry it in your store!<br /><br />All the best,<br />BrookPersishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211188920289079844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-84537545447524410732011-06-10T14:23:02.075-04:002011-06-10T14:23:02.075-04:00As they say everything old is new again. That was...As they say everything old is new again. That was very interesting...brand new insight for some of us & a good reminder to those who read it before. Recycling is GOOD.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-41676276418450156832011-06-10T12:05:31.536-04:002011-06-10T12:05:31.536-04:00Point taken, Philip. Where is Creekside Cafe now l...Point taken, Philip. Where is Creekside Cafe now located? I also like sitting upstairs and watching the harbor and people walking and biking.<br /><br />I admit to getting upset when I realized the Pelican restaurant had a name change, but its the buildings that I love. The old houses with businesses in them.Pat Perksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-63079529388804586212011-06-10T11:19:44.029-04:002011-06-10T11:19:44.029-04:00Philip, well said "then" and most approp...Philip, well said "then" and most appropriate for 2011. Ocracoke Island is still a "magical place" for me, but it's the "real deal" as Disney isn't. I have never been to any of the Disney corporate theme parks, etc. I realize I'm a "rare bird" as so many people "flock" to Orlando, etc on a regular basis. I am not the Myrtle Beach or Virginia Beach type either. I want "natural" beaches and swamp lands. I want the local businesses to be authentic "Mom and Pop", one-of-a-kind restaurants & shops to enjoy. No chain hotels either. <br /><br />I can only imagine that it takes a lot of dedication to keep Ocracoke "pure, real and natural", but I know there are so many people who side with us. There are plenty of "resort places", but Ocracoke is a rare, precious gem....truly a "diamond in the rough" and I pray it will always maintain that way, mildly changing only when it is truly necessary.<br /><br />Loving our quaint Ocracoke Island gets very personal. I don't live there, but I would fight for it. I know there are many others who feel the same way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-46310868025579507762011-06-10T10:38:20.111-04:002011-06-10T10:38:20.111-04:00One of the first things we do when we get there is...One of the first things we do when we get there is drive around to see what is new! I have may favorites for shopping and dining,but will "poke in" to the new one's. I have seen many changes over the years in the way the village looks, but the people have remained a constant. Friednly,caring and out going. I will always love OI. But I won't shop at "Wings" or dine at "McDonald's" if they come to the Island. I will continue to support the "locals" as I have for the last 20 some years. Phillip has it right. You can move forward while at the same. time preserve what is preciousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-66090358469121808712011-06-10T09:50:04.218-04:002011-06-10T09:50:04.218-04:00Excellent article Philip... I think Ocracoke has ...Excellent article Philip... I think Ocracoke has done a pretty good job of retaining its wonderful qualities. Compare that with Hatteras island that seems to be slowly gaining all the stuff that ruins the charming nature of the place.<br /><br />On Ocracoke, the things that are changing that I dislike the most are the things that are inevitable - the commercial business and restaurants. For as long as I can remember, a trip to Ocracoke meant a stop for lunch at Captain Ben's for a Blackbeard special. I'd love to spend another summer evening on the 2nd floor of the Creekside Cafe (at their old location) having a nice supper while watching the sunset over silver lake. I could go on with other places that no longer exist, or at least no longer in the same location that made them what they were.<br /><br />And it's not just Ocracoke...many (if not more) such changes have happened to Hatteras island, mainly thinking around Buxton where my family spent a week camping at Cape Point every year when I was growing up.<br /><br />I live in a college town in VA that has been booming and growing hard for as long as I have been alive. Makes the changes on Ocracoke seem like nothing. But...if it wasn't growing, I fear it would be dying. Do a Google search for "Everett Kuntz"...he took lots of photos just prior to WWII in a small town in Iowa, but never printed them. Prior to his death due to cancer a few years back, he pulled out the negatives and relived his youth in the small town - some awesome photos, probably not unlike what Ocracoke was in a similar time. What struck me most was that in reading some news stories, at least one of them showed photos of the town as it is today. It didn't grow...and it is not better for it. I think Ocracoke has a unique challenge to try to maintain the charm of what it is (and the fact that it can't grow but so much) and to not die in the process...Wesleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-15419481002868049272011-06-10T07:36:16.365-04:002011-06-10T07:36:16.365-04:00Well said, Philip.
I think part of the attractio...Well said, Philip. <br /><br />I think part of the attraction of Ocracoke is the 'non commercialism'. The fact there is no movie theater, mini golf or mcdonalds. The fact that the joys of being on the island are made by the island and nature itself. Whether its fishing or boating or laying on the beach and playing in the surf and sand. <br /><br />I've never said I don't want Ocracoke to change, because, as we all know, change is inevitable. What I DO say, is that I hope Ocracoke doesn't become a Virginia Beach or Myrtle Beach - with high rise chain hotels and poor service and a 'Wings' on every corner.debbie s.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-86502323870555423522011-06-10T07:29:45.353-04:002011-06-10T07:29:45.353-04:00Those are wonderful and thoughtful comments and ap...Those are wonderful and thoughtful comments and apply equally well to all those folks who think they pine for "the good old days" in the US. Those days when in fact we had polio epidemics, seniors llving in poverty, and racial segregation.<br />As Americans, we've always moved forward and the island is no exception.<br />PS: Just not too much, please!bill kostarnoreply@blogger.com