Creating New Island-style Traditions for the Holidays
I have some fuzzy memories of many White Christmases from my childhood/teen/early adult life which consisted of rotating between bustling New York and England. These were places where the holiday season was made up of cozy roasting fireplaces, mulled wine, sweet pies,...
5 Ways To Feel Festive When It’s Hot Outside
Many expat rock-dwellers like myself remember a time when Christmas meant roaring fires, snow-covered rooftops, and the sharp chill of a clear December evening. It's possible that I'm looking at winter through rose-coloured glasses because I don't have to deal with it...
Be a Holiday Helper: A Gift Guide for Caribbean Hurricane Relief
For many, the holidays this year will be bittersweet. For the people struggling to make daily life work on a hurricane-wrecked rock, those living elsewhere who have been displaced from their island homes, those currently without jobs and secure income, and many more...
Want to Peek into our 1st Island Writers’ Retreat?
There are many ways we island girls can experience loneliness on a rock. Sometimes it's for the more obvious reason of mere distance from friends and family. Other times, it's something that can be hard to place. We have friends whose company we enjoy, but there's...
A Matzo-free Island
There are many adventures to be had on an island in the Lesser Antilles, but I hadn't anticipated one 2,900 years in the making. But hey, I guess that's just island life. Let me elaborate. First, a little background about myself. I'm Jewish. Not in a religious, going...
A Green Christmas in Aruba
It’s hot and sticky outside and my neighbor, Poor John, is blasting "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas" from his house, which seems surreal since the island is turning green... definitively not white. Sinterklaas visits homes tomorrow evening with his Zwarte Piet, and...
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