Your Island Summer Self
Summer season has just begun in Cyprus and soon she will be in full swing, thereby my summer self is in full preparation for the heat. The warmer weather means that just about everything about me is slowing down to a very gentle pace. My daily walks take longer in the...
How Islanders Prepare to be Disappointed
If there's one thing you learn after any time spent living on an island, it's that things are best not left up to chance. Murphy's is law of the land here. If something can go wrong, it will go wrong - often in frustratingly bizarre, comical (usually only in...
I’ll Take the Case
Life in the islands has managed to instill some embarrassing hoarding tendencies in me. I never used to feel the need to stockpile everyday items, but now that I know they're not available at the ready should I run out, I can't help but buy things like shave cream in...
Island Girl Problems: Hand Washing in the Caribbean
Though I currently live on the island of Montserrat, my first destination after I left New York (where I spent most of my life) was Antigua, the island of my birth. Shortly after I got there, I was met with a conundrum: laundromats were not on almost every street...
How Island Time Moves Both Fast and Slow
Before we moved to our rock, while we were still considering the idea and researching what we were actually getting ourselves into, the number one piece of advice that we kept coming across was: Be patient and have patience. One thing was clear: We were on our way...
38 Minutes: When a Missile is Headed for your Island
Imagine being told via a cell phone warning (from your government) that a North Korean missile is en route to bomb your island home. That was Hawaii's Saturday morning reality earlier this month, and we're still reeling from it. Normal Saturdays in Hawai'i mean a walk...
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