Last Saturday night, the Island Family decided to s’more it up. Since the area where we are staying right now is rather woodsy, it seemed like the right thing to do. LCB tromped off into the surrounding vegetation to gather a compilation of “things that would burn.†I tromped off to the kitchen to gather […]
Author: Island Mom
A Carolina Island Life: How It Came To Pass, Part II
Once we opened up the map of the world, everything changed. Suddenly, every place that came to our attention and every place that we visited became possibilities. This added a new dimension to our travels in particular. Each spring break, we targeted a tropical location, usually an island in the Caribbean or a Mexican beach. […]
See, that’s just wrong!
On a whim, really, I decided I’d like to share my spur-of-the-moment list of ten of the things that are just wrong with the world. They just started coming to me randomly after I got a whiff of some potatoes yesterday (see below for elaboration). So, I thought I’d share them because I figured some […]
Greek #4
Greek #4 Root: PHON Meaning: sound Words: euphonic (adj) (eu- = good, well): good sounding While many people might point to a particular piece of music that they find to be especially euphonic, a sentence something like, “Here, have this large piece of good-quality, dark chocolate that’s shockingly low in calories!†might be the most […]
A Carolina Island Life: How It Came To Pass, Part I
Several people have asked me how we, as Chicagoans, came to live on an island in the Carolinas, both people I’ve met through this blog and friends who haven’t heard the account in its entirety. The answer to this, like the answer to most things, I sometimes suspect, is in essence a story. And so […]
Shark Teeth In Carolina And Beyond
I have a neighbor who estimates she’s collected about 250,000 shark teeth thus far. I promise you, if I had ended up in Chicago for the rest of my life, I would have no understanding of what I just said. How do you collect shark teeth? I didn’t stay in Chicago for the rest of […]