When Half the Street Leaves in April: Living Among Snowbirds

Have You Ever Watched a Street Exhale? It happens over about two weeks in April. You notice it on a Thursday when you're taking the trash out. The house on the corner has its hurricane shutters down on the side windows. The blue sedan that was always in the driveway across the street is gone, and th

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Living in a Community That Is Still Being Built Around You

What's It Like To Wake Up to a Nail Gun? It's about ten after seven on a Tuesday. You're on the lanai with coffee and the morning is still soft and gray, and then it starts. Not loud, exactly. Just rhythmic. A pneumatic nailer two streets over, going in bursts. Somewhere a backup alarm. A truck down

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The Outdoor Shower and the Small Details That Make a Coastal Home

Have You Ever Come Home From the Beach and Not Gone Inside First? It's late afternoon and you've just pulled into the driveway with the windows down and half the ocean in your hair. There's sand in the floor mats. There's sand in places you will be finding sand for three days. But you don't go in th

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