This afternoon, we were joined by a small friend we haven’t seen in quite a few weeks. Actually, make that two small friends. As I was standing inside the house looking out on the deck, I noticed a small, brown shape moving slowly across the deck. When I stepped outside, I saw this little guy. […]
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The Pelican Watch
Many of you are familiar with my long sordid past with the aviary species. If not, read this or at least content yourself with this bit of knowledge: historically, something about my presence appears to compel many a bird to, well, release while in close proximity to me. Thus, I view the aviary species with […]
Things I Love About Island Living: #6
I love how it’s entirely impossible, no matter how much we intend otherwise, to step foot on the sand without ending up in the water.
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The Boys’ Bed Debacle
Over the past few months, we’ve been enduring what I refer to as The Boys’ Bed Debacle. Normally, when I require a new piece of furniture, I go to a local furniture store, select a piece, and the piece arrives in my home in short order. This, in fact, has always been my experience, until […]
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What Shall I Ever Do With Myself (And My Son)?
Last Saturday, we completed the final games of the cheerleading and basketball season. Baby-girl ended up in the front row for her dance this time, and, true to form, she began by staring behind her, riveted by who knows what. That’s my girl, or as LCB likes to clarify, her mother’s daughter. My son played […]
Things I Love About Island Living: #5
I love how layered island living is, that “…it’s not just the beach, but the place where the water meets the land – the rivers, the estuaries, the coastal tidal marshes and creeks.†Quotation by Philip Gerard, writer and professor in coastal North Carolina