When you live by the ocean, rust is prolific. There’s rust on my vents. There’s rust on my son’s bike that’s only four months old. Rust is all that’s left of this handle. Obviously, all the beach chairs are laden with rust.  Check out the propane tank on my grill. That one’s only a […]
Island Life
Our Broken Boogie Board Collection
We have an obscene amount of broken boogie boards at our house. Tragically, the above picture is only a portion of what we have. I found several other broken boards in storage today, but there’s a large box on top of them that would have to be moved by someone significantly more ambitious than I’ll […]
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Beach Games
My sons discovered a new beach game yesterday. We were out playing on the beach, when suddenly, they were gone. One second they were right in front of my eyes, and the next second they were gone. See where they went? Â The boys found a large hole dug in the sand by some previous […]
About Sand
If you live near the beach, one of the things you must either love or make your peace with is sand, because it’s everywhere. By “everywhere†I don’t mean just on the beach. I mean everywhere. A quick perusal of my house this morning revealed this: And this:  Oh, and this:  Followed by […]
Blissful Carolina Water Temperatures
Once upon a time, there was a maiden who lived in a land that was almost perfect, except for the fact that it was cold, it wasn’t by the ocean, and the local politicians had a penchant for illegal activities. This land had by it a body of water that looked very much like an […]
Talking To Myself In Public
If you’re ever in a coastal Carolina grocery store and see a seemingly normal-looking woman walking down the aisle who suddenly says something that makes no sense within the context of the situation and then looks embarrassed, it might be me. Like, she’s standing by the cheese, comparing the merits of regular vs. reduced fat […]