Journals

Papa’s World – Writing blogs – creating GOOD thoughts.

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GOOD DAY!

Writing blogs is a hobby –

That has turned into a way of life for me!

My routine is sometimes after midnight –

I get up and check out my stats on my blogsite!

And then I –

Share a blog I had written some time ago-

on Facebook!

My blog will automatically post at midnight on WordPress-

And go out to worldwide subscribers.

Where they receive an email –

And can read at their leisure and then delete it!

Sharing on Facebook –

is something I have to copy and paste to my site.

Over the years,

I have written hundreds and even thousands of blogs.

They are stored on my WordPress home page.

This is a journal of sorts,

encouraged by my wife, Sherry.

Here she is at one of her meetings with her team.

She is a certified Health Coach.

Nineteen years she has been with The JUICE PLUS COMPANY!

Today we live near OIB and SUNSET BEACH in NC.

My daily blogs are about family, friends, events,

and our lives in general.

There are over 655 subscribers worldwide on WordPress.

And over 1000 on my Facebook page.

LOL -that sums it up on my golf game.

We try to play twice a month.

We also volunteer our time to the Food Pantry –

Coastal Point elderly living –

Protection for Sea Turtles.

And donating the books we read to wherever we can.

CREATING GOOD THOUGHTS in my blogs.

Writing helps me keep my mind sharp

I hope this starts your day-

In a good way.

http://www.sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

Thanks for reading-

PAPA’S WORLD-

My site: livinglifedoingitmyway.blog

Papa’s World – Walking 1 1/2 miles to the Kindred Spirit!

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At the end of the street on Sunset Beach – SW end

Is a long walkway and a handicapped ramp to the beach.

This is the beginning of BIRD ISLAND and the end of residential SUNSET BEACH!

Other than the pier some 1/2 mile to the NE –

It is here that you can begin your walk to the KINDRED SPIRIT MAILBOX –

Almost a mile and one half down the beach.

There are no more houses –

Only large sand dunes and the other side is marsh –

And a sanctuary for wildlife,

This is known as “BIRD ISLAND”!

It is a quiet walk and in warm weather –

Wading in the surf helps to keep you cool off!

As you near the end of the one-and-one-half-mile walk –

A sort of gradual sand ramp marks the –

“KINDRED SPIRIT MAILBOX” location.

Two benches await you to sit and –

watch the surf –

and write in the journal.

The walk is easy as it is level –

Much more so than OIB!

Here you can see other walkers –

already at the mailbox.

This has been the location for over four decades –

When a “HIPPIE COUPLE” –

carried everything needed to install a mailbox-

And placed a journal and ink pen or pencil inside-

For folks to walk here –

And stand on top of the dune –

Glance out to sea or turn around –

and see over the marsh and causeway to –

Little River and Cherry Grove in NMB!

Walk to the top of the dune behind the “KINDRED SPIRIT MAILBOX” –

And you will find a large driftwood mass –

With a plaque on it dedicating this spot to those two individuals.

We have been here many times –

Stopped and wrote our thoughts in the journal-

Which is collected by volunteers –

And sent to the University Of S.C. –

To preserve as a way to keep all the writings for people to see.

Sherry is about to climb the sand ramp to the mailbox-

A lone individual looking for shells at the surf edge-

It is a quiet moment –

The old mailboxes have been replaced –

over the years-

But new generations make the peaceful walk down the beach.

Two hippies and a mailbox-

Left us something for generations to come –

“THE KINDRED SPIRIT MAILBOX”

Thanks for reading-

A rare event of snow on the sand.

PAPA’S WORLD –

my site: livinglifedoingitmyway.blog

Papa’s World – BLOGGING – WORLDWIDE!

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LOL – My life has not changed all that much over the years regarding sleeping habits!

I go to bed when I am tired – usually between 8 and 9pm.

If I stay up – I seem to get a second wind and then I am awake into the early hours of the evening!

Since childhood, I would wake up at 5 to 6 am.

This was the time my parents were up and getting ready to go to work –

My mother worked at “ALCAS” later to be “CUTCO” maker of great knives –

dinner knives are known to replace or sharpen them at no cost.

My father was a supervisor on the oil fields for South Penn or PENNSOIL.

This meant that my brother and I had to get up early

and my mom would walk us down the street to my sister’s and brother-in-law’s apartment.

We would wait there and have breakfast and then walk to school.

My wife encouraged me to start a blog – as I was writing on Facebook every day and then it was gone!

This blog was a way to preserve my writings!

Neatly kept in a site controlled by me.

Little did I know that there were people out there that I did not know –

who enjoyed reading my blog on family – friends and our life in general!

I wanted this blog to be my journal – a way for future generations to know us!

We were married on 6-25-1982 – a second marriage for both of us – Sherry had two daughters –

and I had two sons.

On weekends – we were all one family.

Sherry on our honeymoon in the Dominican Republic.

She is the main reason I write the blog and along with a friend – helped me set it up!

Little by little people from all over World – joined my site!

Six people I knew also joined my site.

Today – 618 folks have joined – from all over the World!

Here is an early morning screen-shot – my post goes live at Midnight!

Throughout the day – more and more people read the blog and some comment.

Every morning at sunrise – I am up no later and showered by 6am. –

I look at my stats –

Showing me the previous day’s numbers on who visited.

My goal so to speak is to leave all these blogs to our own future generations to come to read-

and see the pictures of just who we were.

I want to thank you all for supporting my blog and my writings!

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PAPA’S WORLD – BLOGGING – WORLDWIDE!

Papa’s World – Life with Papa in PAPA’S WORLD!

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A selfie at local on the Water in North Myrtle Beach – Papa – memories through time!

One of my favorite past times – golfing with my wife and friends!

Marley and Papa – the little grandchildren – not so little anymore – their Goldendoodle – Marley!

I do have a sense of humor – I found this to be amusing!

I love our SALT LIFE and the beaches so near – always has been my dream to live near a beach – I feel as though we are on vacation all the time!

My feelings toward life in general – living life one day at a time and life to the plus – giving what we can!

PAPA’S WORLD – LIFE WITH PAPA IN APA’S WORLD – my site: livinglifedoingitmyway.blog a daily journal for my family!

Papa’s World – 1.4 miles South from the last house on Sunset Beach – sits a mailbox – KINDRED SPIRIT – now going onto the middle of 5 decades

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A large piece of driftwood sits on a sand dune just above the mailbox – dedicated to the man who put it there some four and one half decades ago – along with another hippie female friend.

We had read about this famous mailbox – several books have been written about it –

It is a 1.4 mile walk South on what is called Bird Island – an nature preserve –

located on the Southern half of Sunset Beach in N.C.

I am not sure if this is the other half – the lady friend of Frank – but this is one of two benches next to the mailbox – a place to sit and think and write your thoughts in the journal provided in the mailbox.
The large piece of driftwood with the plaque – overlooking the nature preserve – there are trails back in there to explore – walk in silence with only the breeze – the calling of the birds and the surf .
Papa – at the entrance to the benches and mailbox – waiting as another guest takes her picture.
I can not even imagine how all those years ago – they managed to carry everything here to install the mailbox!
The KINDRED SPIRIT mailbox and benches – this is maintained by persons unknown – has been all these years – and replaced many times as the old ones have slowly eroded away.
It is a lonely spot – yet so many people walk here everyday and leave there writings and thoughts –

throught the years – those journals have been preserved and are considered historical writings –

and are preserved in a museum! I do not know which one but I plan to find out.

The view behind the mailbox at the top of the sand dune – the nature preserve and in the distance –

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH – when on Sunset Beach – go South and I think at 40th. street – the end –

just find a place to park alongside the road – be sure your tires are completly off the pavement – and if a bike path off that also.

Then find the beach access and come to a sign at the beach – it tells you the distance to the mailbox and further down the beach – the jetty and the mouth of the river – where the Casino boats from Little River enter the ocean – going out to the International border line to gamble.

THE KINDRED SPIRIT MAILBOX

Thank you for reading Papa’s World –

my site: livinglifedoingitmyway.blog my email: fitztdf@aol.com

Sherry – CERTIFIED HEALTH COACH – http://www.sf.juiceplus.com JP title SSC ssherrylynn49@fitztdf

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