Sandy 10.25.2012

Sandy 10.25.2012

When we went through Irene last year I never thought of that experience as a training exercise. Both of us agreed we’d never voluntarily go through a hurricane again. But Sandy kind of crept up on us. We planned two weeks on Eleuthera to get the houses ready for...
Trying to Reason with…Sandy

Trying to Reason with…Sandy

Fred and I came back to Eleuthera last Friday and it was a triumphant homecoming. We’d been gone five months and that was w-a-y too long. It was hot here. Really hot and steamy. Perhaps that should have been a harbinger. We glided along for three days, so happy...

A Sad Turtle Tale

Turtle’s gone. It’s unsettling how the absence of the seventh dog in a now six dog household can feel so pronounced and yet so hollow. If you know me or have followed my predominantly Eleutheran writings, you know that Turtle is a four-year old potcake we adopted last...
Nabbing the Float

Nabbing the Float

Ankles are healing and today was more like a “normal” day on Eleuthera. I enjoyed my morning half grapefruit and then we puttered around the property. I rummaged through a bin full of snorkels and masks and fins, attempting to find a pair of flippers that...
Eleuthera: “What do you DO?”

Eleuthera: “What do you DO?”

Three months and a week…98 days…that’s how long I’ve now been on Eleuthera. I haven’t written anything since I’ve been here because I was too busy being a sponge, absorbing the sights and smells and sunlight and sounds. But it’s time to answer the one question...