Once upon a time, a king named LCB and his three small people (two princes and a princess) decided to use the younger prince’s remote control boat. They went to a nearby lagoon known for its smooth, crystal waters and drove the boat round and round the lagoon, until they noticed a nearby baby alligator […]
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Baby-Girl Tough
Recently, I overheard an interesting exchange between my daughter (age 5) and her slightly older friend (age 6). The recording of this exchange, however, needs to be preceded by a little history. Lately, baby-girl’s been a bit frustrated with the fact that most people in her world are bigger, older and seemingly smarter than she […]
Things I Love About Island Living: #9
I love that you never know what will wash ashore next. Other things I love about island life: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8
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When Tuesday Goes Slightly Awry
In one of the great ironies of life, I, a reading specialist, am a bad reader. By bad, I don’t mean that I am not able to read well, as indeed I am able and have done well overall in reading. Rather, I mean that I don’t naturally implement many good reading practices, including reading […]
Supermoon On A Salt Marsh
Tonight will mark our first supermoon on our new island. This time, we’ll be watching it make its way over the salt marsh instead of over the ocean as we’ve watched it in years past. Today, for some reason, the thought of the supermoon keeps bringing me back to the first night we spent in […]
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Watch Out For ‘Em Chiggers!
We came to our island initially because we wanted a beach, and a warm one at that. But, as many of you have probably also experienced when you moved to new areas, a whole host of things came to my attention, particularly in those first weeks and months after moving, that I have since grown […]