A Brief Survey of Island Doggie Denizens
Island dogs are a breed unto themselves. In the Bahamas, they call the mutts potcakes because you’d feed them the burnt crud at the bottom of the pot. Here in American Samoa, dogs are called maile, but they’re much the same. While they come in all shapes and sizes,...
My Island Hut in the Woods: A Photographic Tour
I've written about my beautifully unique indoor/outdoor, off the grid, micro-living situation before. I tend to share artsier photos that don't offer a clear glimpse of what the place actually looks like. Partly because I like to take artsy photos. But mostly because...
The Island Lizard Who Loves Me
The first time our eyes met I was waking up from a mid-morning nap, slowly taking in the light of the room. I turned my neck to the side and there he was - perched on the edge of the throw pillow my head was resting on, bathed in a patch of sunshine, and staring down...
Holiday Hijinks in the Islands *PHOTO CONTEST*
If your rock is anything like mine, the odds are high that you've been audibly accosted by Mariah Carey and other 90s gems crooning holiday tunes everywhere you go for weeks now - perhaps even months. This year, it all began for me when I walked past a surf shop back...
My Racket & Me: A Love Story *IN PHOTOS*
I admit that I have a tendency to make a lot of hyperbolic claims about things I "can't live without" in island life, but it is no exaggeration to say that I'd be long gone if it weren't for my electrocution rackets. Particularly now, when shit has really hit the fan...
On-Island for the Holidays: Thanksgiving Olympics
As expat rock dwellers, we have to pick and choose the holidays we go home for - we can't have 'em all. Christmas is mine. I won't miss it. Maybe someday when we live farther away I might have to, but not while we're on a rock where a 4-hour flight is the only thing...
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