Category Archives: ocean
← Older postsI Grew Up
September 12, 2018
We were born with sun in our teeth and in our hair. – Best Coast I grew up in South Florida, eating fresh-caught fish and lobster, mangos and avocados from trees in my front yard. There was always … Continue reading
Keys Lobster Pilgrimage 2015
August 7, 2015I spent last week in the Florida Keys for my family’s annual lobster-diving pilgrimage. We typically wait until the regular lobster season is underway, but this year we went for the two-day mini-season that precedes it by a few weeks. … Continue reading
Hawaii One-Four
September 27, 2014Sometime in August, Bethany, my close friend of ten years, invited me to Hawaii. She and her husband and sons, plus her sister-in-law and SIL’s boyfriend, had booked a beach cottage on the MCCS Marine base on Oahu (where they … Continue reading
Real Time Florida Lobster Diving
September 8, 2014Lobster diving is a long tradition in my family. When my dad and uncles were kids, my grandfather took them out diving every weekend of lobster season. It’s in their blood. After my family moved to Memphis, we usually scheduled … Continue reading
Book Review: Boat Girl by Melanie Neale
October 8, 2013I was immediately drawn to Boat Girl: A Memoir of Youth, Love, and Fiberglass by Melanie Neale. This memoir is a series of increasingly connected vignettes, starting when Melanie was very young, which together paint a larger picture of boat … Continue reading
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