dance, dance

 

reality check

We survived vacation and made it home just in time to catch head colds. But we are indeed overcoming sickness and mountains of laundry. And ...

time flies

Remember the countdown last summer? Well, it's that time of the year again. And in case anyone doubts my excitement about our upcoming ...

swimming song

This song has recently become one of Onset Island's theme songs, popularized primarily by my father and Uncle Peter. I recommend the ver...

the oi update

Many years ago the now famous "Island Update" was first published in the upstairs of Gram & Grandper's cottage. I believe ...

what we did all week

Our island vacation was a success. Hurricane Earl turned out to be an empty threat and, although we did have uncommonly chilly weather, we a...

leaving on a jet plane

Welcome to the third and final edition of the O.I. countdown. This time next week we will be camping out in my grandparent's big house (...

hermit crabs to catching crabs

The O.I. countdown continues. Two weeks until our flight to Boston. #4. Hermit crabs, Fiddler crabs, Horseshoe crabs... During my childhood,...

oi countdown

In less than three weeks we will be flying into Boston on our way to Onset Island. And since it has been three years since I last made it to...

in a bay below old cape cod

...surrounded by the brine, Stands an island we call Onset. Hail, oh hail to you! Onset Island, Onset Island, With your waters blue, In your...