Why Are You Not At The Beach?
It's a common misconception of those who live elsewhere that we rock dwellers spend all of our free time lying on the beach under a palm tree with an ice-cold drink in our hand. To be perfectly honest, that is also exactly how I picture 90% of my free time, with the...
Island Reads: Don’t Stop the Carnival
When I started Women Who Live on Rocks over 5 years ago, the point wasn't to discourage people from moving to an island. Quite the opposite. Island life charms my socks off and it's hard for me to picture ever not living on an island for any length of time. One of the...
The 10 Stages of Hurricane Season
Before we permanently moved to our island, we’d been here “pre-Ivan.” We’ve since heard the Hurricane Ivan stories, so we knew from reports how devastating a hurricane could be. Since then, there have been a few times when we thought we might be in the path of a...
Island Reads: An Embarrassment of Mangoes
When I first moved to the Caribbean over 12 years ago, e-readers had yet to be invented and the world of online shopping was nowhere near as much of a go-to option as it is now. As a result, many of my early island years were spent reading books that I didn't...
Born on a Rock: Journey of a Pacific Island Woman
I was born on a rock. I was brought up on a rock. I am a proud island woman who is happy and proud of my experiences, roots, culture, family, and friends. I was in born the late 70s. My rock in Fiji was mostly made up of dusty roads and towns back in those days. My...
COMPARING ISLAND LIFE: Bermuda & The Bahamas
EDITOR’S NOTE: Welcome to the fourth post in our new series where women who have lived on multiple rocks compare the lifestyles of different islands. If you missed the first three, click here, or here, or here. This site receives so many questions in the realm of...
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