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An Island Awakening
Recently my partner Frank had to attend a 5-day Red Cross training class over on Sint Maarten. Rather than stay over each night, he opted to commute daily on the short ferry ride from Anguilla. I "carried" him to and from the ferry port each day, enjoying the early...
An Unlikely Power Outage – or Two
As relatively new islanders, we now experience a sense of gratitude like never before for all of the times we successfully switch on the lights, run the water, etc. Power outages are such a regular disturbance of island living, unfortunately so common that every...
8 Quirky Days in My Island Hospital
As part of the growing number of baby boomers entering retirement, we had to think seriously about health care availability when deciding to retire to an island outside the US. We knew that there were options for care on our rock, as well as in the nearby US...
5 Things I’ve Learned About Retirement On A Rock
I have lived on my rock for 15 of the 24 months that I have been retired. Who knew there could be so much craziness in the "golden years?" Here's what I've learned so far: 1) Retirement on a rock is not like vacationing on a rock. When you are on vacation and...