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  • What Shall I Ever Do With Myself (And My Son)?

    Posted on February 27, 2012February 27, 2012

    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 […]

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  • Things I Love About Island Living: #5

    Posted on February 25, 2012February 25, 2012

    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

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  • Beyond The Atlantic: The Intracoastal Waterway

    Posted on February 23, 2012

    Call me stupid (Thanks, thanks so much), but when I first moved to our island, I could have included in one unimaginative sentence everything I knew about the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW). The sentence would have gone something like this: The Intracoastal Waterway extends throughout the Carolinas (this part would be based on my astute powers […]

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  • The Sea: Day by Day, by Philip Plisson

    Posted on February 22, 2012February 22, 2012

                            Looking for a coffee table book about coffee tables . . . I mean the sea? C’mon, you know you want one, even if you just realized it in this moment. If so, may I suggest The Sea: Day by Day by marine […]

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  • President’s Day Weekend, Island Style

    Posted on February 20, 2012February 20, 2012

    Happy President’s Day, everyone! Hope you’ve all enjoyed the holiday weekend. Our weekend? Well, here goes. Friday: Thanks to the small people, our house now has an additional measure of security that will be sure to dissuade any would-be troublemakers from conducting their business in our yard. Friday afternoon, the kids developed a rather complex […]

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  • Things I Love About Island Living: #4

    Posted on February 16, 2012February 16, 2012

    I love how much of life is lived without shoes, the sand thick between our toes.

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