Normally, LCB works primarily out of the house, but he has been traveling extensively the last few months, being gone more than he’s been home. Thankfully, however, he is at the end of his traveling streak, and we are in the process of returning to our previously scheduled arrangement of being in each other’s hair […]
island life
Happy Independence Day!
Happy Independence Day, everyone! Hope your day of celebrating is, literally or figuratively, a day at the beach.
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An Off-Island Beach: Visiting Lake Michigan
Last weekend, some of our extended family invited us out to Lake Michigan to spend an evening on the beach. So we hopped in our jet and zipped on over. Except replace “jet†with “minivan†and replace “zipped†with “drove for like forever to get there.†Since I know many who live far from the […]
Well I Never
On An Island Mom, I talk a great deal about what I have done, but not so much about what I’ve never done. And, since I’ve blogged about pretty much everything else under the sun, why not this too? In no particular order then, and for no particular reason, here are some of the […]
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 […]
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Things Involving Animals Just Keep Happening to Me
Getting all Animal Planet on you lately is not part of my master plan. It’s just that it just keeps happening to me. So here we go again. A few days ago, LCB and I took a drive through the woods and found a new stretch of beach to explore. In fact, it turned out […]