sitting here on the porch at the cottage, seeing people walk by...i keep wondering if these middle aged people with kids and bald spots are the same rowdy 20-somethings who used to tear down the beach road, piled into the backs of pick up trucks which, of course, had horns that played 'dixie.' is that lady in the tropical print mumu one of those girls who used to line up at the go-cart track to watch the guys race? did i see that elderly couple, who is now strolling down the path hand-in-hand, walking on the beach 20 years ago?
i guess people watching is not one of my favorite activities, but one that kinda just comes with the territory when you spend a lot of time on the front porch in the summer.

this is what makes me smile:
beach heritage.

(me & my sisters...circa 1987, in front of "the old cottage" Nags Head, NC)