Two days before we left Chicago to move to one of the Carolina islands, the owner of the duplex we had rented there for the off-season suddenly decided that his duplex wasn’t really ready for renters. He did, however, offer to let us rent his nearby condo while we searched for a new place, an […]
Coastal Living
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Sharks And Cowgirls
Last Thursday marked our first trip to the beach in swimsuits for 2012. Baby-girl proudly wore her new pink princess swimsuit and ran out to the ocean, squealing as the water hit her legs, begging me to move farther and farther into the Atlantic. The ocean felt notably warmer than the week before, so we […]
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The Nameless Beach Game
We’ve been a bit busy of late, which I’ll likely get into later on this blog. But I wanted to share a quick glimpse of how we spent our Sunday afternoon, back at the old house. After a couple of days of shells, sandcastles and beach football, the small people opted to try a new […]
Business Calls, Island Style
Sometimes, when you live and work on an island, you find yourself doing business in strange places. Yes, that’s LCB in the background, taking a business call that came in while he was in the middle of climbing a live oak tree near our house. I offered spousal support by laughing, pointing and taking pictures. […]
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.
Things I Love About Island Living: #4
I love how much of life is lived without shoes, the sand thick between our toes.