A Merry Island Christmas To All Greetings from the island everyone. I hope that all of you are doing well and looking forward to Christmas next week with family and friends. Weather permitting, Corky and I will go across the bay a few days prior for some family time and stay the night, before heading […]

Feeling Thankful and Blessed on the Island Abundant and thankful greetings from the island this nice Fall morning.  I hope that everyone is doing well, and not waiting until the last minute to stock up on your Thanksgiving meal-preparing necessities. As I sit outside on the porch enjoying the sunrise and drinking coffee, and steadily […]

Nice Beach Combing Island Weather Greetings from the island everyone on this nice early Fall morning! As I sit here at my little kitchen table, drinking my first cup of hot black Maxwell House coffee, (having just fed Corky, Jetty, and the chickens/ducks/guineas), I look outside at the darkness and can feel the salty barrier […]

Rainfall and Island Quietness Greetings from the island on this pleasant pre-Fall morning. I hope that everyone is doing well, and looking forward as much as I am, to Autumn (the more formal name) officially beginning next week on the 22nd. The island finally got some much needed rainfall on Labor Day weekend, yay! From […]

Brutal Heat, Dryness and Rattlesnakes Greetings from the island everyone. I hope that all of you are doing well and enjoyed a safe and fun Fourth of July holiday weekend. As expected, the island saw an above normal amount of weekend islanders enjoying the beach and celebrating our independence. Well, a few weeks ago I […]