Coming back from a beach vacation is never pleasant, especially when you start wondering and worrying about what might've befallen the house while you were away. My wife and I got home from one blissful, relaxing Florida trip to find our A/C had conked during a sweltering June. Another time, a pinhole-sized leak in a… Continue reading Frog follies part 2
Category: Florida
Dragonfly days
As long as you don't have to go home, Saturday morning can be a great time in a beach town. That's when all the rental places turn over, with the last batch of summer people checking out and the next crowd not arriving until afternoon. This gives us long-term beach bums some precious peace and… Continue reading Dragonfly days
Announcing…my first fiction!
As much as I love blogging, I've got another kind of writers' itch that demands a scratch. And now..."The Fourteenth Pelican” is live and ready to read! If you're a fan of Carl Hiaasen, Tim Dorsey, or Garrison Keillor's Guy Noir, you'll like this short, tongue-in-cheek detective yarn. The hero is an intrepid (?) private… Continue reading Announcing…my first fiction!
Birds of the weather
As I’ve said before, Florida sure is an interesting place, especially the wildlife, and no, I don’t mean Justin Bieber in Miami. When my wife and I went down to Ft. Myers last week, our hotel was on a classic suburban strip, yet just a short walk from an old canal that’s also a bike… Continue reading Birds of the weather
The follies of FL
Right now I imagine a lot of you are digging out of, shivering through, griping about, and generally trying to survive the big winter storm* that somebody christened “Hercules” but could also be called “Hyperbole.” Those who live in the frozen zone (frozone?) also are probably wishing they could decamp for someplace warm, especially Florida.… Continue reading The follies of FL