It's challenging to imagine what could possibly occupy us on an island 1 mile long, a 1/4 mile wide, with no paved roads, cars or shops and only one small restaurant. To give you an idea, here's a recap of this past winter.
Steve started the year winning a quadrant of the annual croquet tournament. When not addressing the ball in his whites, he's been working this past year to bring reliable Internet service to our little island of 100 homes. UWIN - Useppa Wireless Internet Network - has been an experience of fortitude and patience (peppered with a
bit of cursing) for Steve and his small band of determined, tech savvy islanders. Nothing deters the UWIN team. OSHA is clearly NOT present and life insurance policies have been significantly increased as the team scales the Inn's three story metal roof by rope, sans harnesses, and wearing boat shoes (!) to view potential tower
locations. Fellow Useppans will be grateful when we're high speed live, but collections for the UWIN widows is also being discussed.
Land stewardship was another theme this year as the Kaufmans, with their neighbors the Sears, identified an arborist (NOT island volunteers in boat shoes with ragged ropes!) to help rescue one of the island's two banyan trees that reside in front of our homes.
Years of rot have been trimmed back. The tree is again safe to climb and hopefully will last another 100 years.
A person has to eat and Useppans like nothing more than to entertain. Net result a coq a vin cooking class. You can guess who prepared the food and who oversaw the table preparation in his tuxedo.
Any ocassion is worth celebrating. The island prides itself on being an equal opportunity venue as O'Kaufman presided over the St Patrick's Day golf cart Parade.
Family and friends are always welcome! They came this year from near and far - some too camera shy to appear here. Know that you are welcome to join us - just ask. And if the island activities don't win you over ......
... then sunsets surely will.
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