Sheron Roberts on tue 23 may 06
I just have to add my two cents worth.
I live in the bottom tip of the state
about 30-35 miles from the coast.
That strip of coast where you will
find, Holden Beach, Ocean Isle Beach,
Sunset Beach, and across the state line
into North and South Myrtle Beaches.
I too grew up on a tobacco farm,
"handing" tobacco at the tender age
of 7, standing on a Coke crate so I
could reach the leaves on the bench
and be at the right height for the
"stringer" to take the leaves from my
hand. ANd like E, I have worked
every phase of the production, from
planting, through harvesting, to
carrying to market and watching
the auctioneers toss and rifle through
the piles of carefully "tied" tobacco
that we worked so hard to get neat
and straight, hanging on their
every word. Waiting for that shout
of "Sold!" to American or Lorillard
or whatever company was buying
that particular grade or color of the
"golden leaf."
I do believe my love of clay grew
from walking and working in those
tobacco fields when I was growing up.
I would lay belly down in a tobacco
row (furrow) and build little houses
from the sun baked clumps of dirt.
I also live near a beautiful place
called Lake Waccamaw, a natural
lake, thought to have been formed
by a meteorite. ANd the Waccamaw
River and the Green Swamp. Primalmommy
is familiar with these places also, I believe.
Yep, I like callin' North Carolina home.
Sheron in the Tarheel State
PS to E
Sad about the piers. We still have them
at Ocean Isle and Sunset. Now you have
to pay to walk on them though. I raised my
children fishing off those piers. I would
really hate to see them go. And there is still
a drawbridge at Sunset Beach. But I doubt it
will be there much longer, as there is a lot of
controversy about it and some people trying to
have it torn down and a new high rise bridge=20
built in its place.
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