I love how a day at the beach feels exactly the way it sounds.
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March Random Island Family Updates
1. This is just a mom thing, but I’m getting the biggest kick out of the fact that my younger son, in the space of five days, managed to lose both his top front teeth. He’s a very smiley and goofy sort of child, so I can’t look at him now when he’s smiling and […]
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Just A Boy At The Beach
Sometimes, when you live at the beach, it’s possible to take it for granted. Not so much if you are an adult who, for example, grew up in the Midwest far, far from any ocean. But if you are a boy who, oh say, has lived on a small island in the Atlantic since you […]
Greek #8
Root: ANTHROP Meaning: mankind, people Words: anthropology (n) (log = study of): the study of people I’ve always thought linguistic anthropology would be an interesting subject to study in school, but given that I’m married to loquaciousness personified, I have regular opportunities to conduct field research on how language impacts society and social life. For […]
When I Am an Old Woman
Two days before we left Chicago to move to one of the Carolina islands, the owner of the duplex we had rented there for the off-season suddenly decided that his duplex wasn’t really ready for renters. He did, however, offer to let us rent his nearby condo while we searched for a new place, an […]
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Sharks And Cowgirls
Last Thursday marked our first trip to the beach in swimsuits for 2012. Baby-girl proudly wore her new pink princess swimsuit and ran out to the ocean, squealing as the water hit her legs, begging me to move farther and farther into the Atlantic. The ocean felt notably warmer than the week before, so we […]