Elizabeth Chanler:  

Hi fellow Hewittites! After divorcing my husband I moved out of New York City in 2003 to live on Islesboro, an island off the coast of Maine where I have summered all my life. I moved here full time in 2003 with my son David . David was born 2/18/91, has fabulous red curly hair, and is, of course, brilliant!. He is also a star soccer player, having qualified for the Maine all-star team in 2007 and he is a valuable member of his local high school varsity basketball team. It has been a bit of an adventure living here because it is an island and we have to take a ferry back and forth to the mainland (or civilization as we like to call it) and the last ferry is 5pm, which limits a lot of activity that one takes for granted in the civilized world - like going to movies, restaurants and going to the dry cleaners. The island consists of two grocery stores, a post office and fortunately, a very good magnet school (grades k-12, with 85 total students) -but no Starbucks !!. While it is a bit isolated it is extremely beautiful, and in the summer we do get to expand our horizons a bit with a place to get ice crea...Expand for more