tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post6305633439584602041..comments2024-03-06T11:07:23.753-05:00Comments on Ocracoke Island Journal: Question 3Philiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-79634168398735434852011-04-08T19:12:37.940-04:002011-04-08T19:12:37.940-04:00To read about the hunting tradition on Ocracoke, s...To read about the hunting tradition on Ocracoke, see the article written by Pat Garber for the Island Free Press a few months ago -- http://islandfreepress.org/2010Archives/12.30.2010-TheHuntingTraditionsOfHatterasAndOcracokeIslands.html -- is the website address.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-83506020289540627572011-04-08T10:00:43.862-04:002011-04-08T10:00:43.862-04:00I will reply to the question about tidal flats in ...I will reply to the question about tidal flats in an upcoming post. Look for "Another Question" in a few days. <br /><br />I will address the summer heat (without A/C), and bugs & insect repellent in my post about "Question 5" also coming up in a few days.<br /><br />Thanks for the questions.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-8324643045544278402011-04-08T09:27:21.232-04:002011-04-08T09:27:21.232-04:00Philip,
Your replies have been wonderful and eye-...Philip,<br /><br />Your replies have been wonderful and eye-opening, full of rich detail (the pebble in Archie Wahab's hubcab) and--as is the payoff of any good interview--fodder for more questions.<br /><br />You mention the almost-impossible-to-imagine broad tidal flat that extended from the Variety Store to the NPS campground. What caused that geographic feature to disappear from the island? Previous posts here would lead me to suspect construction of manmade dunes, by the NPS I believe.<br /><br />Also, you recalled the absence of modern amenities like TV and air conditioning. Here in PA, where sumnmer temps typically top out in the upper 80s and shade trees are plentiful, life before a.c. was occasionally steamy but rarely...debilitating. How did folks like you get along day-to-day under Ocracoke's often blistering sun and scorching temperatures?<br /><br />And what of insect repellant?!?<br /><br />Thanks for indulging my questions, Philip. Whether or not you realize it, your feedback continues to add color to a place and a lifestyle that so many of us appreciate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-43703128531228085882011-04-07T17:12:04.034-04:002011-04-07T17:12:04.034-04:00Squirrels are, indeed, new arrivals on Ocracoke. T...Squirrels are, indeed, new arrivals on Ocracoke. They have never been hunted. <br /><br />Ducks and geese were (and still are) hunted on Ocracoke. Years ago it was also legal to hunt shore birds.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-1243219533822604752011-04-07T16:17:58.570-04:002011-04-07T16:17:58.570-04:00Philip, you mentioned hunting season on Ocracoke....Philip, you mentioned hunting season on Ocracoke. What would you hunt? I know Ocracoke has squirrels, but I thought those were newly introduced. The only other wildlife I remember seeing are the ponies and the birds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-56828074027403302892011-04-07T16:03:28.490-04:002011-04-07T16:03:28.490-04:00Back then you were deprived of so many things, but...Back then you were deprived of so many things, but obviously you never felt deprived. Maybe that's the "MAGIC".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-36276449494494845362011-04-07T15:32:08.527-04:002011-04-07T15:32:08.527-04:00Your description, Philip, creates such an iconic w...Your description, Philip, creates such an iconic way of life on the island, even though "modern conveniences, paved roads, etc" have changed daily living from what it was. Improvements, they say.<br /><br />I have several most interesting books in my "Ocracoke Collection" that I've gathered through the years which also illustrate life how it was decades ago. I never tire reading or viewing the vintage photographs about life on Ocracoke through these favorites:<br /><br />"Precious Memories of Ocracoke" by Dolores Cullifer Snead; "Ocracoke Island: Peeking Through The Keyhole of Memory" by Myrtle G. Doolittle; "Ocracoke in the Fifties" photographs and narrative by Dare Wright; "The Outer Banks in Vintage Postcards" by Chris Kidder in cooperation w/ The Outer Banks History Center Associates; "Ocracoke Album" by Jack Dudley, purchased @ The Village Craftsmen last October. Of course, Philip's book: "Digging Up Uncle Evans...History, Ghost Tales & Stories from Ocracoke" is always a fun & most enjoyable read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-104241606174717842011-04-07T10:41:49.210-04:002011-04-07T10:41:49.210-04:00It is always difficult (maybe impossible) to go ba...It is always difficult (maybe impossible) to go back to another, simpler, way of life. My house, e.g., no longer has a cistern...or a privy! And my livelihood is now dependent on my craft gallery, Village Craftsmen. Looking at nearby Portsmouth Island, we see that that community wasn't able to survive in the modern world without electricity, paved roads, ferries, etc. No one lives in Portsmouth village today. <br /><br />No question, Ocracoke was a magical place in the mid-1950s. It is fun to imagine those times again...but, sadly, it is not to be.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-42268286753995603342011-04-07T09:34:44.470-04:002011-04-07T09:34:44.470-04:00If they put fees on Hatteras ferry, we may see the...If they put fees on Hatteras ferry, we may see the old Ocracoke again. Write letters and make phone calls; we can't let this happen!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-69714455361218513822011-04-07T09:16:08.436-04:002011-04-07T09:16:08.436-04:00Would you go back to that way of life, if given th...Would you go back to that way of life, if given the choice. It sounds magical.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-49040008947135861572011-04-07T08:02:46.031-04:002011-04-07T08:02:46.031-04:00What lovely pictures you paint with your words.......What lovely pictures you paint with your words.........Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com