Every once in a while over the last four or five days I have reread my last blog entry, and there are parts of what I wrote that more than annoy me. In fact, in that blog entry there are a few lines and phrases that have made me feel ashamed, not just because I wrote them in my blog, but because I have implied the same sentiment to others in my life. So, I am now going to say something out loud and put it my blog at the same time; [I]I am in a relationship with a guy who is twenty-five years older...

I should get better at posting and keeping records.

Hive #2 apparently successfully re-queened, mated and laying.

Both hives are drawing out comb in the 2nd deeps and filling them with honey.

Rushed to get frames built for the medium supers because I thought they were going faster than they were. Put med supers on yesterday, but they still have empty frames in the deeps. Oh, well, didn't need to rush but it won't hurt to have them...at least, I don't think...

Latest Numbers for Kure Beach Real Estate Market

One of the challenges when assessing and blogging about a very small market is that you cannot infer too much from each month's numbers. With only 6-12 sales per month in Kure Beach just one oceanfront home sale can distort significantly the numbers for the rest of the market--the other 6 homes sold that month. And a couple of homes on the market for 2 years can have a disproportionate impact on days on the market to get a home under...

I made an appointment with a therapist to get some much needed help. I'll update you all on how it goes

According to Marxist doctrine, socialism is a stage of society between capitalism and communism where private ownership and control over property are eliminated. The essence of socialism is the attenuation and ultimate abolition of private property rights. Attacks on private property include, but are not limited to, confiscating the rightful property of one person and giving it to another to whom it doesn't belong. When this is done privately, we call it theft. When it's done collectively, we use...