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Thoughts on the Sea #24

Posted on February 25, 2019February 25, 2019by Island Mom

The sea can do craziness, it can do smooth, it can lie down like silk breathing or toss havoc shoreward; it can give gifts or withhold all; it can rise, ebb, froth like an incoming frenzy of fountains, or it can sweet-talk entirely. As I can too, and so, no doubt, can you, and you. […]

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Fancy Being Six

Posted on April 6, 2017July 19, 2017by Island Mom

Y’all. It’s been six years since An Island Mom began. Six years! An Island Mom’s origins can be traced back to an afternoon many years ago, when I was walking in the ocean in a dress, as I’m wont to do, in search of a quest. Suddenly, the waves began to speak. “Woman, you must […]

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Things I Love About Island Living: #16

Posted on October 27, 2016by Island Mom

I love, at dawn or dusk or both, the sight of gold breaking on blue. For other thoughts on island living, you may want to check out #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, and #15.

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The Summer List for 2015

Posted on June 16, 2015by Island Mom

Every year I create a list of small ways to celebrate the summer season, a practice of mine that dates back to my Chicago days. When I began blogging, I started posting my lists and trying to come up with a fresh series of ideas each year. However, after only coming up with three new […]

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Coffee with Christine: My Current First Draft Lifestyle

Posted on March 21, 2015by Island Mom

Grab your java while I jabber. For starters, have you all seen this week’s Facebook post with a picture of a dog lying limply on the floor? It reads, “I can’t adult today. Please don’t make me adult today.” I’m by nature a tangential thinker, so of course my mind went to a place where […]

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Whew. That Was Close. But I’m Still Here!

Posted on March 13, 2015by Island Mom

Whew. That was close. It figures that, after recently posting Yet Again, I Haven’t Fallen Off the Face of the Earth to address my delay in posting new material, An Island Mom itself would fall off the face of the earth for a few hours. Sorry y’all. But have no fear. My tech team, skilled […]

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