First, my prayers go out for all the people who have already experienced Tropical Storm Isaac and for all the people potentially in its path the next few days. May it leave little sign of its passage. Next, I have a brief island life update for you. Naturally, stuff’s happened since we started school, as […]
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Where, Oh Where Has Our Summer Gone?
Besides our trip to Lake Michigan and our visit to Cedar Point and Castaway Bay, we’ve done a great deal this summer. After returning from the Midwest, we spent a week back at the old house, seeing friends and soaking up some serious beach time. The tidal pools rocked that week, so the small people […]
Sea Turtle Hospitals and Programs
It occurred to me that some of you might like to know more about sea turtles than the cursory information from my last post and last summer’s post on the subject. Sadly (but perhaps happily for the world of sea creatures), I am not a marine biologist. In an attempt to appear as respectable parents, […]
A Season of Sandcastles
On the beach right now, it is the season of sandcastles. They are the castles that, in the end, always lead to dreams of one sort or another. Enjoy the rest of summer, everyone. Would that it could last forever. 🙂
Things I Love About Island Living: #10
I love all the unexpected places you’ll find sandwiched somewhere between the Intracoastal Waterway and the sea.
A Place Without Memory
Today, I received some disappointing news. Don’t worry; my family and I are all okay and in the grand scheme of things, this too shall eventually pass. We are blessed. But today’s news means this upcoming year, the year where I hoped everything would finally start to settle for us on our new island, appears […]