I love the fact that you never know who you’ll find shopping at the nearby Walmart. Never once, during my extensive shopping trips in Chicago (and LCB notes that they were extensive), did I shop alongside an egret. Or, as Baby-girl calls it, a duck. (My apologies to those of you expecting a Things I […]
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The Other Side of Crazy: Relocating to an Island, Tip #1
Earlier, at the request of some readers with island and/or beach living aspirations, I promised to share a series of small things I’ve learned about relocating to an island. First, however, let me give you a little background on my neck of the woods and on my experience moving here. For those of you unfamiliar […]
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Stuck in Q&A Mode
In the last two weeks, I’ve written my end-of-the-year exams, my exam study guides, my last tests of the year, and my summer reading projects for the grades I’m teaching next year. (I’ll have more later on the uncharted waters my sails are set toward for the 2013/2014 school year.) So forgive me, but since […]
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A Surprising Turn of Events: An Island Mom Goes DIY
I’ve long envied all those DIY blogs that churn out an infinite number of potential DIY project ideas. I’ve made no secret of my penchant for Completely Coastal, a blog that includes (but certainly isn’t limited to) DIY projects of a coastal nature. Indeed, I live vicariously through Maya and her projects, imagining what my […]
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I Will Go in the Ocean No More Forever
“From where the sun now stands I will go in the ocean no more forever,†declared my younger son a few weeks ago when we went back to spend a few days on our old island. Okay, those might not have been his exact words, him not being Chief Joseph and all, but he was […]
I See the Girl
I teach high school, so I’m surrounded by teenagers for a good part of my day. Long ago, I grew accustomed to the looks I sometimes get when I mention my profession, looks of pity, surprise, or my favorite: wide-eyed looks of horror. These reactions are, however, in my case unwarranted, for there are few […]