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Supermoon On A Salt Marsh

Posted on May 5, 2012May 5, 2012by Island Mom

Tonight will mark our first supermoon on our new island. This time, weâ€™ll be watching it make its way over the salt marsh instead of over the ocean as weâ€™ve watched it in years past. Today, for some reason, the thought of the supermoon keeps bringing me back to the first night we spent in […]

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Peter Pan & The World Of Preschool Imagination

Posted on April 30, 2012April 30, 2012by Island Mom

As Iâ€™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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Etymology

Greek Review, Roots I – VIII

Posted on April 28, 2012by Island Mom

Have at it, everyone! I’ll post the answers next week. Word Bank: democracyÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â demographicsÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â pandemicÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Anglophile bibliophileÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â philanthropicÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â philosophyÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â misanthrope misogynistÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â misologiaÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â aphonicÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â cacophony euphonyÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â pachydermÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â hypodermicÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â taxidermist gynarchyÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â gynecologistÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â gynoidÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â misogynist astronomyÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â astrologyÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â astronautÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â disaster anthropologyÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â anthropomorphicÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â anthropophobiac Once upon a time, there was a A). ____________ aptly named Juana Bea Bookhead. Her […]

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Watch Out For ‘Em Chiggers!

Posted on April 26, 2012by Island Mom

We came to our island initially because we wanted a beach, and a warm one at that. But, as many of you have probably also experienced when you moved to new areas, a whole host of things came to my attention, particularly in those first weeks and months after moving, that I have since grown […]

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Truth In Blogging

Posted on April 24, 2012April 24, 2012by Island Mom

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 donâ€™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 […]

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