We’re back in full school mode here, revolving our days around the tick of the academic clock. In my last post, I promised the details of my latest teaching venture, so here’s what’s going down for the current school year. After spending my entire professional teaching career teaching high school students, this year I’m splitting […]
Author: Island Mom
The Changing Changes of the Tides
The tide changes have been rather dramatic these last couple of weeks, both in the ocean and in the surrounding waterways. One of our local hangout spots, for instance, on average looks something like this: But the last unusually low tide left it like this: Then, one evening earlier this week, during a full moon, […]
Far Above Sea Level
Since we’re from the Midwest and still have ties there, at least once a year we find ourselves making the journey back. This summer was no exception. These journeys inevitably lead us through the mountains, which are, generally speaking, the highlight of our travels. (That is, unless there’s rain or ice or carsick small people, […]
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Lamenting the End of Summer Vacation
This may come as a surprise to those of you who live in areas where school doesn’t start until after Labor Day, but we are gearing up for the new school year here on the island. In summary, this bites. I am, after all, one who firmly believes that God put the idea of summer […]
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Then There’s the Time I Fell Under the Minivan (and LCB Didn’t Notice)
I’m a sorry case, really. “Klutzy Awkward Gait Girl†would be an accurate sobriquet for me, as I’ve mentioned. I do things like fall in the hallway at school, for instance, for no apparent reason. Once even, while substitute teaching, I walked into a desk and narrowly escaped a face-first dive into the front row […]
That Time I Fell (Yes, Fell) in the Ocean
Our first fall in Carolina, while we were renting a home on one island and trying to determine which of the islands in the Carolinas to settle on more permanently, we took a series of day and overnight trips to different islands, gathering relocation information. One weekend early on, we scored a hotel deal on […]