When we first moved to the beach, I awoke one morning to see a young tourist couple out on their nearby deck landing, doing yoga. At the time, I remember being in awe of their lack of inhibitions, how unmoved they seemed by the thought of all the people sitting in their homes or on […]
Author: Island Mom
Thoughts on the Sea #3
The voice of the sea is seductive; never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wonder for a spell in the abysses of solitude, to lose itself in mazes of inward contemplation. The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. Kate Chopin, The Awakening If you like sea quotations, you may want to […]
And the Giveaway Winner Is…
Recently, in celebration of An Island Mom’s two year anniversary, I announced a Jann Tayloe beach hut canvas giveaway. I can’t tell you how much fun this has been, and how much I wish I had a canvas for every person who entered. Seriously y’all, the world might be a noticeably better place if we […]
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Honestly, I Intended To Watch the Coastal Birds
Earlier this week, Baby-girl, my eldest son and I went on a coastal bird-watching tour, complete with guides and lots of wound up children who, being kids, chose to ignore the fact that birds are generally most scared of people when said people are loud. Thus, there weren’t many actual birds on our bird-watching tour. […]
The Other Side of Crazy: Relocating to an Island
So, you want to drop everything and move to an island? Let me guess: your friends, privately or otherwise, think you are nuts contemplating something that only ever works out in the movies. At this point, what you do have is a really good job right where you are and what you don’t have is […]
The Giveaway Artist
As many of you know, in celebration of An Island Mom’s second anniversary, I’m giving away this beach hut canvas to one lucky reader who likes An Island Mom on Facebook, follows me on Twitter @theislandmom, or comments on any posts between March 29 and April 12. I can’t tell you […]