The Decisions After the Decision to Move to an Island
I decided to move to the Caribbean to live with my partner during a visit over Christmas 2018. I was due to return to my life and work in London in mid January and figured that the earliest I could sensibly pack up all of my life's possessions and make the monumental...
Island Humidity: Oh, How I Loathe Thee
"I'd walk through fire for my daughter. Well not FIRE, because it's dangerous. But a super humid room. But not too humid, because my hair" - Ryan Reynolds Some people think I am being overly dramatic when it comes to island humidity, but I assure you, I am not....
21 Things to Never Trust on an Island
It's easy to sometimes get nostalgic about childhood and the luxury of innocence that allowed you to have blind faith in the world around you. As a child, you could do things like ride the roller coasters at the theme park with confidence that the people operating...
The Stress of Island Home Ownership
There are a few things that I have come to appreciate about western industrialized nations. For example: flushing the toilet without a thought for where it all goes, which goes hand in hand with turning on the faucet and having potable water (although I'm from...
Barefoot Lessons for Better Living
In life, if we protect ourselves too much with externals, we lose our ability to handle Nature. And then we begin to fear it. In our fear, we create separateness from it, and from this separateness, we stop caring about it, and destroy it as if it is our enemy.
Island Reads: Life on a Rock
Have you ever seen photos of or visited a tiny remote island and wondered what it would be like to actually live there, so far removed from society? Today's featured book, set on an Out Island in the Bahamas, may make you shy away from the very idea as you read how...
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