In my currect efforts to illustrate that stories are everywhere, I made a trip with my family to the Reed Gold Mine today, a North Carolina Historic Site we have visited a few times.

Two of my sons are completing their new children's book, Discover North Carolina frrom Murphy to Manteo. It is based on their many adventures while traveling to all one hundred counties. Beau began collecting information and photos for a fourth grade North Carolina ABC project. My husband and I thought he should see the places that represented the letters in his book. That meant his younger brother, Brian, also shared the experience.

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My recent visit to the Outer Banks was highlighted by events at the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station in Rodanthe.

It was good to see Linda Molloy, the director. After her greeting, I could not wait to hear how she played the role of the patient (that died) in the Richard Geer movie, "Nights in Rodanthe." I saw her name run in the credits and could not wait to get the full story---one-on-one. Rodanthe is such a small community that it was easy to imagine Geer and Diane Lane driving up and down Highway 12. Needless to say, thousands upon thousands of vacationers now know where Rodanthe is located.

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