In the next few days, I’ll be posting Part XIV of our story of how we moved from the Chicago area to a small island off the Carolina coast. Due in part to unanticipated “challenges†that severely impacted my time, it’s been two years since I last posted a part of this story. When the […]
moving to the beach
The Other Side of Crazy: Relocating to an Island, Tip #1
Earlier, at the request of some readers with island and/or beach living aspirations, I promised to share a series of small things I’ve learned about relocating to an island. First, however, let me give you a little background on my neck of the woods and on my experience moving here. For those of you unfamiliar […]
The Other Side of Crazy: Relocating to an Island
So, you want to drop everything and move to an island? Let me guess: your friends, privately or otherwise, think you are nuts contemplating something that only ever works out in the movies. At this point, what you do have is a really good job right where you are and what you don’t have is […]
A Carolina Island Life: How It Came To Pass, Part XI
If you are new to this story, you may want to pour yourself a glass of wine and start here: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII, Part VIII, Part IX, and Part X. This is the part of the story that’s hard to tell. I want to […]
When I Am an Old Woman
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 […]
Converations Overheard On The Island
In my experience living on an island, the stories people tell and the exchanges people have here are often different than most of the ones I remember from living “off-island.†Islands tend to be filled with destination movers, or people who move there for the place itself, instead of moving for jobs or family. This […]