We’re back in full school mode here, revolving our days around the tick of the academic clock. In my last post, I promised the details of my latest teaching venture, so here’s what’s going down for the current school year. After spending my entire professional teaching career teaching high school students, this year I’m splitting […]
island life
The Changing Changes of the Tides
The tide changes have been rather dramatic these last couple of weeks, both in the ocean and in the surrounding waterways. One of our local hangout spots, for instance, on average looks something like this: But the last unusually low tide left it like this: Then, one evening earlier this week, during a full moon, […]
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Lamenting the End of Summer Vacation
This may come as a surprise to those of you who live in areas where school doesn’t start until after Labor Day, but we are gearing up for the new school year here on the island. In summary, this bites. I am, after all, one who firmly believes that God put the idea of summer […]
That Time I Fell (Yes, Fell) in the Ocean
Our first fall in Carolina, while we were renting a home on one island and trying to determine which of the islands in the Carolinas to settle on more permanently, we took a series of day and overnight trips to different islands, gathering relocation information. One weekend early on, we scored a hotel deal on […]
Because There’s So Much To Say about Swimwear
So, it turns out I have more to say about swimwear. Yes, I thought I had basically said all there is to say two years ago with my post on mothering in a swimsuit. But then, I got an email from my friend Victoria S. Secret, purveyor of most things I’d never wear on account […]
Thoughts on the Sea #5
In the February 2013 edition of Coastal Living, in an article entitled “Why the Beach Makes Us Happy,†Barry Yeoman wrote that “the most pleasurable sounds have predictable wave patterns, middling to low pitches, soft volumes, and harmonic frequencies at regular intervals-all characteristics of the ocean’s rhythms.†The most pleasurable sounds? Hmm. Yeah, that’s about […]