Topsail Island has surely had some bad luck with storms through the years and that northern end is so vulnerable!
We are at the Outer Banks this week and went to Kelly’s for dinner last night. We went there last
February after reading your description of the sweet potato rolls/biscuits that you got there. Made a return visit and really had a good meal. They still serve those delightful rolls! Thanks for mentioning them in your blog.
When I miss the beach (which is most of the time) I pull out one of your novels that take place in the Outer Banks area and I’m refreshed. Diane, I have to tell you that your books almost always inspire me to paint something nautical after I read the last page…I can practically breathe the salty air and hear the ocean roar! (-:
In BEFORE THE STORM I wanted to paint a round house like the SEA TENDER but had no idea where to start since I had no photos…so after I finished this book I went swimming instead which is another way for me to connect with the sea. (-:
I am sorry to say that, as an Illinois resident, I had never really heard of or thought much about Topsail Island or the Outer Banks. Now I would give anything to visit there, and that is all because of Diane!
I’ve always loved the sea but it was Diane’s KEEPER OF THE LIGHT that really introduced me to the Outer Banks…altho I do not live near the ocean our travels always take us there and like Denise, I yearn to visit Topsail Island and the Outer Banks…my earliest recollection of sand and water was when my parents started taking us to Clear Lake every summer at a very young age…I still have many of the seashells I collected as a child. (-:
Topsail Island has surely had some bad luck with storms through the years and that northern end is so vulnerable!
We are at the Outer Banks this week and went to Kelly’s for dinner last night. We went there last
February after reading your description of the sweet potato rolls/biscuits that you got there. Made a return visit and really had a good meal. They still serve those delightful rolls! Thanks for mentioning them in your blog.
When I miss the beach (which is most of the time) I pull out one of your novels that take place in the Outer Banks area and I’m refreshed. Diane, I have to tell you that your books almost always inspire me to paint something nautical after I read the last page…I can practically breathe the salty air and hear the ocean roar! (-:
In BEFORE THE STORM I wanted to paint a round house like the SEA TENDER but had no idea where to start since I had no photos…so after I finished this book I went swimming instead which is another way for me to connect with the sea. (-:
I am sorry to say that, as an Illinois resident, I had never really heard of or thought much about Topsail Island or the Outer Banks. Now I would give anything to visit there, and that is all because of Diane!
I’ve always loved the sea but it was Diane’s KEEPER OF THE LIGHT that really introduced me to the Outer Banks…altho I do not live near the ocean our travels always take us there and like Denise, I yearn to visit Topsail Island and the Outer Banks…my earliest recollection of sand and water was when my parents started taking us to Clear Lake every summer at a very young age…I still have many of the seashells I collected as a child. (-:
When will After The Storm be published? I am eager to read it. Thanks.
Hi Dianna,
It has a new title, SECRETS SHE LEFT BEHIND, and will be out in late May. Thanks for asking.