I have this relatively new guilty little pleasure. It’s a blog I recently found, called Completely Coastal. It has all sorts of beautiful things on it, things I dream of having in my house someday. Like, the first post I think I read […]
Author: Island Mom
I Do Mothering All The Time
This just happened to me an hour ago in the grocery store. I was standing in an aisle, deliberating over granola bars while the three small people, all wound up from school and so forth, played one of their “shuffle around in an odd manner and draw as much attention to us as possible†games […]
Carolina Fishing From The Perspective Of An Ignoramus
There’s a great deal of fishing going on this time of year on the coast. Most mornings, I wake up to at least one fishing boat not that far out from shore. They’re a thing of beauty, I think, with their gear fully extended, the sunlight reflecting off the white of the boats. Sometimes, in […]
A Carolina Cold Spell
We sure had us a cold spell here in the Carolinas over the weekend. It got down into the 60s during the day, which, lest you laugh at me, is remarkably cold for the coast this time of year. We went back to do a little more clean up at our old house, and, not […]
Latin #9
Root:  ANIM Meaning: spirit, life, soul, mind Words: inanimate (adj) (in- = not): not or without life One of my sons has this fun habit of suddenly falling on the floor in an inanimate position, in attempt to get me to freak out. The thing is, I know he’s a frequent prankster, and he’s done […]
Truth From A First Grader
Armed with my convictions based on the last two mornings without coffee, I woke up this morning, threw on some workout clothes, and turned on the coffee maker. While the small people ate breakfast then, I sat and drank my coffee. It’s amazing how much more vivid life can be after a caffeine fix. It […]