Summer 2026 Archive

Rewilding with bird allies. Story & Photos By Kathleen McNary, BSc., ALM, PhD In 1960, Rachel Carson inspired the fledgling North American environmental movement with her groundbreaking book Silent Spring. In that work, she hypothesized that the careless degradation of the environment by humans, including the use of toxic chemicals to rid backyards and agricultural fields of ...

Local palm and grass work is becoming a lost art. By Jody Rathgeb ~ Photos By Tom Rathgeb Visitors who pick up a “Made in TCI” basket or hat before they leave the Islands often don’t realize that they’ve purchased much more than a souvenir. That item, made of palm fronds or fanner grass, is an artful ...

The Bahamian Swallowtail By Bill Rhodes I have a confession to make — since I was a boy, I’ve been fascinated with butterflies and their night-flying brethren, moths. So wherever I travel, I always stop to notice the colorful butterflies flying past or sipping nectar from a flower. We are fortunate in the Turks & Caicos in ...

A digital route to market for small-scale fishers. Story & Photos By Marta Calosso and John Claydon, Founders & Directors, FisherFolkFirst Historically, the economy of the Turks & Caicos Islands was dependent on export fisheries: large seafood processing plants were supplied by free-diving fishers working from small boats catching conch, lobster, and fish. The country has since ...

Images of the heritage buildings of North and Middle Caicos Story & Photos By Ann Morgen I have had an abiding interest in the diminutive historic buildings built by former slaves that dot the Caicos Islands. I have found these buildings—sometimes no larger than a hut—in the settlements of Bottle Creek and Kew on North Caicos, and ...

Filling the gaps in the care of people with autism. By Kevens Fleurimont When autism came to our family, we were dumbfounded by the word. We didn’t know what it meant or what to expect. As our journey progresses, we learned that for families like mine, the challenges are not just about managing autism. They are about ...

Trevor Watkins redefines contemporary elegance and style. By Dr. Courtney Robinson ~ Photos By Renau Destine ~ Shot on location at Wind Chime Villa, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands TCI TOP MODEL is the Turks & Caicos Islands’ premier event for Fashion, Beauty, Arts, and Entertainment. The event is designed to give persons residing in the TCI ...

Fintech, digital assets, and measured innovation in the Turks & Caicos. By Dr. Courtney S. Robinson, TCI FSC Communications Advisor At a moment of rapid technological change, the Turks & Caicos Islands face an important choice: to embrace digital finance in a way that broadens economic opportunity while preserving the jurisdiction’s integrity and international standing. Advances in ...

The earliest tokens of the West Caicos Sisal Company. Story & Images By Eric Schena  (A longer version of this article originally appeared in TAMS Journal, January/February 2026, Volume 66, No. 1) Beginning in the 1980s, I worked for Gene Brandenburg at Old Town Coin & Jewelry Exchange in Alexandria, Virginia. Gene quickly became a numismatic mentor, and ...