Here in Coastal Carolina, with our abundance of sandy soil, blueberry picking season is in full swing. My first year after moving to the island, I completely missed blueberry season in part because I had been accustomed to much later start dates along the Lake Michigan coast. So, now well-familiar with the timing of the […]
Author: Island Mom
Crab Dip for Breakfast?
Yummmmm. This is some seriously good crab dip. I’m a firm believer in the adage “You have to learn the rules before you can decide how to break them.†I definitely broke the rules this morning. My husband, the creator of the crab dip, will likely want me to point out that this crab dip […]
Beach Changes, Part Two: Composition
Another thing I learned from living on the island is how dramatically the composition of the beach can change. For example, I once assumed beaches had a static sand to shell ratio that was determined solely by locale. Now, I realize how dynamic the shore can be. Some days, the sand is relatively clear of […]
Beach Changes, Part One: Topography
Here’s an interesting thing I discovered after living on the island for a while. The beach changes. For years, my husband and I took a beach vacation every spring, and I just assumed that the way the beach looked while I was there was, for the most part, the way it always looked. This is […]
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Pirate Miniature Golf
One of the funny things about living in a tourist area is that, because you live there, it’s easy to put off doing the tourist activities indefinitely. You can always do it later, the thinking goes, so sometimes you end up waiting perhaps for years for the ideal time. In Chicago, this was not entirely […]
Latin #4
Latin root #4: VER Meaning: truth Words: 1. Veracious (adj) (-acious = having quality of): quality of being truthful, honest Sometimes, it would be nice if my sons were slightly less veracious in nature. My eldest recently told me, “Mom, I seriously doubt starving people would want your casserole.†He was so totally right, incidentally, […]