Long ago, LCB resigned himself to my insatiable penchant for the sea. Now, for instance, when I mention other islands and beaches we could explore on some future vacation, his eyes roll, but LCB is, generally speaking, resigned to a fate I remind him he once willfully chose before God and man when he married […]
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Full-on Summer: Part Five
I always hate questions that ask you to definitively pinpoint your favorite thing in a designated category, like your favorite restaurant or book or color. I could spend the rest of my life contemplating those questions and still not feel entirely confident of my answer. Because, what if I’m torn between multiple options or what […]
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Full-on Summer: Part Four
At the beach, summer brings flowering yuccas, hours upon hours spent in construction, conversations held between waves, and spills that mothers capture forever. Also see Full-on Summer: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three.
Full-on Summer: Part Three
Last week, I wrote about various summer beach activities, including swimming, shelling, synchronized swimming moves, and beach games. But as we all know, summer on the island (and off-island, I’m sure, as well) brings with it much, much more. And so, what’s gone down on the island of late? First, the storms that have swept […]
The Summer List for 2013
It’s time for my annual summer list, the list I make every summer of things I want to make a point to do during the course of the summer. My lists for 2011 and for 2012 have included everything from pitchers of pink lemonade to full days spent on a tube in the Atlantic. Each […]
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Full-on Summer: Part Two
My younger son is a great one for creativity. He can conjure up the craziest ideas out of seemingly nothing. Summer then, with all of its glorious release from structured activities, provides any number of outlets for him. Allow me to share a few recent examples. This is the Call Me Flag Boy Game. In […]