Tag Archives: Sanibel Island

Thinking About Blue

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Sanibel Island sunset
Sanibel Island sunset

Destination: Sanibel Island, Florida, 1860s

Book: Blue Asylum (NEW  2012) by Kathy Hepinstall

The story of Blue Asylum follows the life of Iris, a plantation wife who perpetrated such an unthinkable act that her husband quite effortlessly got her declared insane and shipped her off to the most humane mental hospital in the country under the care of the self-assured Dr. Cowell on Sanibel Island. This deceptively simple story set me pondering the hardships of war, the definition of mental illness, feminism, slavery, American history, nature and survival. Continue reading Thinking About Blue →

Seashells by the Seashore

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Family Travel Friday

Destination: Florida Beaches


Book: The Magic of Seashells  (rev. ed. 2002) by Fredlee, Illustrated by Cissy Gray

By Jennifer Close

Have your kids ever found a shell and wondered what its name was? Do they want to know what might have lived in the shell before it was washed ashore or why the shell is faded in color? Magic of Seashellsby Fredlee answers many of these questions for your children. Continue reading Seashells by the Seashore →