Ten things I've learned from being at the cottage
Rocks are sharp. Television is over-rated. Looks can be deceiving. A giant spider might be more interested in hanging out on some wood than bugging/biting you. Hanging out on wood is a popular bug...
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Living Large: Tropical Island Yacht
Can't afford to buy your own tropical island? No problem. Just buy a yacht that is designed like one. A company called Island Yacht Design created the one featured below just for you. If you're...
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The Isle of Khería
An excerpt from Robert Cabot’s new novel, The Isle of Kherîa. I, Joel Brewster, here on this far side of my world. A mournful return to these islands of Greece. My son, my Andréas, came with me as far...
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Enjoy the Ride
Atalwin has traveled the world to discover “the only terrain that is still relatively unexplored is the journey inwards.” This was previously published on Basic Goodness. Srithanu, Koh Phanghan,...
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Aruba: What’s Your Happy Place?
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Aruba Tourism Authority for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. What's your happy place? Mine is a beach with white sand, turquoise waters and...
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Jedi Spiritualism Meets Medieval Irish Monastery
Embed from Getty Images The ancient island (and Star Wars film location) Skellig Michael is truly a destination out of this world. — **Contains mild spoilers for those who haven’t seen The Force...
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One Man Plants a Forest Bigger Than Central Park to Save His Island
Watch the lengths one man will go to in order to save his home. ____ This video originally appeared on The National Geographic The post One Man Plants a Forest Bigger Than Central Park to Save His...
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Day Job
Father Time is a weekly column dedicated to the concept of time in a parent’s life, particularly a father’s life. The point of view comes from a father of two young sons, both under three-years-old,...
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Into Something Rich and Strange
Into Something Rich and Strange Sometimes you can feel the distance creeping in, continental drift where you wake up and Madagascar is gone. You know it was just here. Yesterday you saw it, bobbing...
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Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot on and Never Will
Embed from Getty Images No worries that “Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot on and Never Will” will be showing up on gift lists. Though published by Penguin, the biggest...
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Table Talk
Gentlemen in Training The Case for Manners for Today’s Young Men – Part 9 The holidays mean food. Lots of it. Hot chocolate. Cookies. Big meals. You name it. We’ve been binging, no doubt, and my wife...
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Geology – 003
— In this video Paul Andersen explains how rock is formed and changed on the planet. The video begins with a brief description of rocks, minerals, and the rock cycle. Plate tectonics is used to...
View ArticleTop 10 INCREDIBLE Smallest Inhabited Islands!!!
— Top 10 INCREDIBLE Smallest Inhabited Islands!!! From Beautiful Volcanic Islands to rocks with a single house…stay tuned to number 1 to find out which is the lowest populated in the world! — —...
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Hearing ‘Island’ Voices
— By Carole Holden Last night I had the pleasure of attending the latest ‘Poet in the City’ event, Island Voices. The evening was organised to celebrate poetry and writing from the Caribbean as well as...
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