First Baptist Blog

ENan and I are pretty good at entertaining ourselves, especially while shopping.  We love to wander through gift shops, with absolutely no i

Every spring ENan and I go on the hunt for new hanging baskets to place on our porches and to hang on poles around our yard. 

ENan and I had an opportunity to spend a few days at Topsail Beach (pronounced Topsul by locals) last week.

One part of our recent always-something, never-finished, spring-cleaning chores required that I take down the ferns we have hanging on our f

The goal at our house this week is to get the redneck swimming pool ready for summer fun. 

There is a new house under construction in our neighborhood. 

I make no claim to be an art connoisseur.  I have not studied the great masters of Renaissance art. 

Even though ENan and I are not what you would call “real country music fans,” we thoroughly enjoyed our recent visit to Nashville. 

ENan and I took off on a road trip last week to Nashville, Tennessee. 

In the 1970s, Gilda Radnor introduced a character known as Roseanne Roseannadanna on Saturday Night Live. 

Some friends stopped by our house last week on their way home from the beach.

ENan and I are equal opportunity patrons when it comes to beaches.

ENan and I had several good excuses for a road trip to Virginia last week. Our son and both of his daughters have February birthdays, so...

One morning last week, The Today Show featured a headline, “Vintage Tech Selling for Big Bucks.”

In case you have been in a coma this week and missed it, this past Sunday was Super Bowl Sunday.  After weeks of hype, the Kansas City...

When ENan and I moved into our house in Wallace nearly 20 years ago, we inherited a rose garden from the previous owners.  The garden...

Every now and then I am awestruck by the cultural opportunities offered in our coastal town of Wilmington. One of those unique...

One sunny afternoon this week, ENan and I set out for a walk around the neighborhood.  As we turned from our driveway onto the road, we...

We had another one of those “hunkered down” days recently as a strong line of thunderstorms kicked off tornado warnings all around the...

I got the donut experience this week! It was not nearly as sweet as the Krispy Kreme or Dunkin’ kind. It was the medical kind. Due to...