As I’ve mentioned earlier, my daughter has an affinity for all things Peter Pan, including his ride at Disney World and the pixie dust so generously sprinkled by his good friend Tinker Bell. Therefore, I was greatly interested when she told me, a few weeks ago on the way home from preschool, that she […]
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Truth In Blogging
I have to confess that I have no idea how photographers manage to orchestrate most of the shots of models you see on the internet and in print. Really, I don’t know how they possibly do it, even with the best of technology and things like rampant airbrushing at their disposal. Last Saturday, I wrote […]
A Carolina Island Life: How It Came To Pass, Part X
If you are new to An Island Mom, you may want to begin here: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, and Part IX. We stared, and stared and stared some more. Nothing. We walked away, speaking in stilted words about everything inconsequential. And then, when […]
Things I Love About Island Living: #8
I love all the things made possible by the breeze coming off of the sea.
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Further Thoughts On Going Back To School
A few short weeks ago, I found myself standing in front of a classroom of high school students, teaching a pre-reading lesson I’d prepared on the Shakespearean play Julius Caesar. After almost eight years out of the classroom, the moment, complete with new students, a new locale, and new educators evaluating me, initially felt surreal. […]
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Easter Weekend On The Island
In an effort to be completely unpredictable, we spent the largest part of the Easter weekend on the beach. Saturday, we did the normal routine of boogie boarding, building castles, shelling and so forth for a good part of the afternoon. Later on, the small people found a ghost crab far up the shore, barely […]