If you are new to An Island Mom, you may want to begin here: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, and Part IX. We stared, and stared and stared some more. Nothing. We walked away, speaking in stilted words about everything inconsequential. And then, when […]
moving to Carolina
A Carolina Island Life: How It Came To Pass, Part VIII
More than just about any house I’ve ever seen, that house had some kind of magic in its walls, a storybook feel to it. We had first stumbled on the house in the paper, and on our initial drive-by, it looked even better in person. Then, one day we looked on the internet, and the […]
A Carolina Island Life: How It Came To Pass, Part VI
At some point during our search, I had stumbled on a book outlining some of the best small towns to live in within the United States. There were several cities that piqued our interest, including a small town in North Carolina called Elizabeth City. Elizabeth City is about an hour west of the Outer Banks, […]
The Island Family Moves In Style
Well, we made it! Believe me, I have plenty more to follow, but I’ll just touch on a few of the highlights from our drive down here after our stay in the Midwest. My daughter conveniently decided, on the first pit stop, that she will no longer be using any toilets that flush automatically. Given […]
A Carolina Island Life: How It Came To Pass, Part II
Once we opened up the map of the world, everything changed. Suddenly, every place that came to our attention and every place that we visited became possibilities. This added a new dimension to our travels in particular. Each spring break, we targeted a tropical location, usually an island in the Caribbean or a Mexican beach. […]
A Carolina Island Life: How It Came To Pass, Part I
Several people have asked me how we, as Chicagoans, came to live on an island in the Carolinas, both people I’ve met through this blog and friends who haven’t heard the account in its entirety. The answer to this, like the answer to most things, I sometimes suspect, is in essence a story. And so […]