This time of year, I love the thin layer of water that remains on the surface of the sand at low tide. By Southern standards, the Atlantic may still be a bit cool for swimming, but by Baby-Girl standards, it’s perfect for everything else. For other things to love about island living, see # 1, […]
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Coffee with Christine: My Current First Draft Lifestyle
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 […]
Whew. That Was Close. But I’m Still Here!
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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Yet Again, I Still Haven’t Fallen Off the Face of the Earth
Yet again, I still haven’t fallen off the face of the earth. I may have fallen off the face of sanity, but on the upside, I appear to still be terrestrial. Here in the Island Family, we are in the middle of a three-month period where LCB and I mostly cross paths as ships in […]
Birds Live and on Location
“Even the dullest bird or face becomes interesting when you give it a good look in the wild/flesh. The way the shadow drops across the cheek, the light hits an eyebrow, etc….there are many more angles, positions, etc. than you can ever imagine. My heart always makes a little jump when I see things in […]
A Carolina Island Life: How It Came To Pass, Part XIII
If you are new to this tale, you may want to start here: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, Part IX, Part X, Part XI, and Part XII. The next four months were interesting. We took several trips to what would be our new island, […]