How to Make Friends & Build Your Island Social Circle
Choosing to spend your retirement in someplace other than where you had been living for most of your working life is a huge step with many joys and some challenges. For me, the choice to live on my particular rock was an easy one, as I knew the island and had lived...
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Turning Island Bush Into An Island Garden That Feeds Us
Except for 4 years in a small town in England, I’ve spent all my life in cities of varying sizes, in several different countries. Only 2 of the homes I’ve lived in had gardens and in neither had I attempted more than some experimental flower and vegetable plantings....
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What Island Social Media Isn’t Telling You
Most of us don't post day to day boring things on social media. We may post something new and exciting we'd like to share, a meme that expresses our opinions, or in some cases, we may even post if we're having an unusually bad day. What I'm trying to say is that...
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What 8 Years On My Island Has Taught Me
I've been feeling a bit reflective these last few weeks as my husband and I approach our eight year anniversary of living on our rock. I have been thinking about what it was like when we first set foot on our new island home, how much we have learned over the years,...
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Trading All The Stuff For The Tropics
After visiting the beautiful country of Belize several times, I finally convinced myself that moving to this tropical paradise was the perfect decision for this stage of my life. However, coming to terms with this life-changing decision only led to a plethora of other...
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Justifying My Island Existence
“So, what do you do on a typical day?” It was the first time anyone asked me that particular question, but I took it the same way as the other questions we hear frequently from our friends and family back where we came from: “What do you do there?” or “How do you...
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