When I first moved from Chicago to a small island with a fraction of a percent of the shopping options that had previously been available to me, through much experience, I learned the ups and downs of ordering clothing online. Over time, I like to think I’ve developed somewhat of an eye for ascertaining how […]
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Spring Break 2012
For years in Chicago, every time my spring break week rolled around, LCB and I went somewhere beachy and warm. Spring break was usually in March there, about the time we couldn’t stand one more second of winter, so we’d spend the week basking in the sun and the ocean, hoping to avoid running into […]
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 […]