Jenni Stahlmann

Me and My Island

Them newspapers called me homeless, but that ain't the truth. I got a home. If you ask me, I got a palace! I grew up on a small island in Florida. Down here, we call 'em keys. But they’re really just little islands off the coast. My island has been our family home for a few generations. We was mostly fishin’ folk. I guess I still am, I just don’t run a fishin’ business like my grandpappy and his pop used to. When grandad first came, it was still called Clam Island.