About: Dawn

Profile: Dawn is a writer-lawyer-educator-traveler. As the creator and author of this blog, Dawn describes her experiences as a big-city American lawyer who left it all behind for a simpler, happier life on a small island in the Bahamas, where she now works as a freelance writer and enjoys the antics of her beloved dog, beau, neighbors, friends and family.

Posts by Dawn:

• Your Questions?

  29 May 2012

  Dearest Blog Readers, what questions do you have so far about anything that you’ve read here?  Or something you’re wondering about that I haven’t mentioned?  Questions about island living?  Taking that leap?  Other aspects of Choosing the Better Life?  I’ve offered this up before, but thought I’d pose it again since we – happily – [ more… ]

• Not Just A Pollyanna!

  24 May 2012

  I’ve been ruminating on this post for a while. As you can tell, I try to have an upbeat approach to most things. Yet, sometimes, with these blog posts, I’ve wondered if readers ever roll their eyes or think I’m just some fluffy Pollyanna. Background Although I have always been a glass-half-full optimist, I believe [ more… ]

• But What Do You DO All Day?

  22 May 2012

  People often express their curiosity about island living and ask me, “But what do you DO all day?” (In fact, this is the question I get asked the most, after “How did you end up on an island?” and “Do you work?”) I understand why the question comes to mind. For the askers, their island [ more… ]

• If Once You Have Slept On An Island

  19 May 2012

  Oh, my long lost Better Lifers! After my last post, I dashed to the States to take care of some matters that had sprung up (all is well). Like most Stateside visits, it was a whirlwind week with LOTS of driving and City traffic that I happily forget about most other days. Like other visits, [ more… ]

• Things I Could Do All Day Long

  14 May 2012

  This blog post was prompted by two things I was doing the other day when I happened to think about each of them, “I could do this all day long and never tire of it.” So I set pen to paper (err, fingers to keyboard) and started to write about it. What were those two [ more… ]

• Happy Mother’s Day

  13 May 2012

  Happy Mother’s Day to my own wonderful mother (and grandmother and aunts and cousins and mommy friends)! In honor of my mother, I am breaking my usual weekend silence on the blog to wish her and all of the Better Life mamas a wonderful Mother’s Day. You mothers do so very much for your children [ more… ]

• Regatta Photo Tour

  11 May 2012

  My Dearest Better Lifers, thanks for your patience as I get caught up after a whirlwind regatta! As you know, I’ve had Regatta Fever and have been posting Champion Sailboat Journals, Sailing Videos Clips and more. Finally, I have sifted through more than 600 personal photographs of the race week to cull them to a [ more… ]

• Return from Regatta & Sailing Video

  07 May 2012

  Hellooooooo, Better Lifers! I’ve missed you! Regatta was wonderful, and I’ll fill you in soon. Weather was pretty tricky – the same front that saturated Florida also doused the Bahamas. Thankfully, Mother Nature granted enough of a respite that the boats were able to race, but then she kicked in again and delayed our return [ more… ]

• Regatta Farewell

  21 Apr 2012

  Dearest Readers, consider this my TEMPORARY farewell. Regatta fever continues. Now my adrenalin is really racing as we are about to set sail! Literally. We are leaving on a friend’s sailboat and leisurely headed down to the Regatta. (My family is visiting and taking care of the house and Angel, and I’ll be delighted to [ more… ]

• At Home With A Champion Sailboat

  20 Apr 2012

  Regatta fever continues! While I ready myself for the trip, I thought you might enjoy some journal excerpts from our local sailboat from earlier this year . . . Tuesday, January 3, 2012 Gently, I bob in the turquoise waters of my home in the out islands of the Bahamas. All 28 on-deck feet of [ more… ]