The Giveaway Artist

        As many of you know, in celebration of An Island Mom’s second anniversary, I’m giving away this beach hut canvas to one lucky reader who likes An Island Mom on Facebook, follows me on Twitter @theislandmom, or comments on any posts between March 29 and April 12. I can’t tell you […]

Woo-hoo! I’m Almost Two!

Woo-hoo! I’m almost two! An Island Mom has a birthday next week! After hours of contemplation, I’ve decided that I’m going to celebrate by consuming chocolate. And since for most people a celebration involves doing something they don’t normally do anyway, I’ve decided to add “not looking at one single student essay the entire day” […]

My View from the Deck: Part Five

One moment there I am, clutching my coffee mug and staring at the ocean. And the next moment, a dolphin cuts the surface of the water with its fin as it swims parallel to shore in its arc-like pattern, hinting at what is teeming just below. Within a minute, they’re everywhere, sometimes circling back, moving deeper into the sea and […]