Current Rock of Residence:
Montserrat
Island Girl Since:
2011
Originally Hails From:
Nutgrove, Antigua
Clay’s story may be a bit different than some of the other island girls here. She started on an island, left the island, and ended up back on an island. She was born on the island of Antigua, to be exact. However, Clay spent the majority of her life in New York. Fulfilling a strong desire to connect with her roots, she moved back to Antigua in 2011. She spent six years there before she moved to the tiny island of Montserrat in 2017, where she currently resides. Clay became a published author of a YA novel, Life As Josephine, in 2017. However, based on the reviews, it is also thoroughly enjoyed by adult readers. Her life’s calling is to empower women and she considers herself a motivator. Though island living can be hard and frustrating, some of her major accomplishments have occurred over the last several years since she has been back in the Caribbean. She also blogs regularly on her personal site and on Life as Josephine.
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First World Island Problems with Basil and Zucchini
This year was my first year in Turks and Caicos during Christmas. And every Christmas I make "sort of" homemade lasagna. I also make a yummy zucchini/truffle salad to go with it. This year was different. We were now in Turks and Caicos away from the friends we usually...
Reflections of A Former Island Celebrity
When I was a child growing up in Maryland during the 1950’s and 1960’s, I had dreams of becoming a mega stage and screen star. Back then, Mom worked for a former dancer who opened a dance studio. So from the ages of 5-7, I trained as a ballerina. Then, seeing that...
THE COFFEE QUEST….
“ There is an awful lot of coffee in Brazil……”The Coffee Song of 1976" by Osibisa (YouTube) springs to mind as I am in the starting blocks of my latest story. Yes, after 2 wonderful, freshly brewed, cups of coffee. Beans from…..no, now I need to back up…. We, my...
Never Trust A Price
So, I had to buy a bottle of rum today. Not a rare occurrence, pretty typical actually. "Why is it $38 Theresa? It was $29.99 last week?" "Oh, Meez Vic, it's because itz de last bottle of dat rum on da shelf" "Are you planning on ordering more?" "Oh yez, Meez Vic"...
“SIMPLE JOYS OF POST STORM LIFE”
Seems as if recent climatic events and other disasters seen on TV news reports, have triggered a multitude of residual emotions in me which I thought I had gotten rid of during Irma/Maria Recovery. The following is an excerpt from my published Hurricane journal “TWO...
The Gift
When my husband and I decided to uproot our family from Kentucky- from the only place, people, and life we have ever known- and move to a tiny island in the Caribbean, it was of course met with so many remarks to the tune of "Oh My Gosh, THAT'S AMAZING!", "You are...
