I have a half hour to put this post together in the free time I have before Friday morning’s email goes out. Wait, you heard that right: I don’t have much free time because … [drumroll] … we’re walking over to have happy hour with two Airstream couples in a bit. In real life! People! […]
Month: February 2021
Getting in the Groove at the Keys Just as We Prep to Leave
We have one last week here of our six-week stay, and I’m realizing how much I’m going to miss this place. Yes, it’s crowded with tourists, and the new highly-contagious variant of the virus is here more than most anywhere in the U.S. So it’s definitely time for us to move on. But look at […]
I Blew out My Flip-Flop, Stepped on an Iguana …
In case this song isn’t stuck in your head yet, the lyrics go, I blew out my flip-flop Stepped on a pop top Cut my heel, had to cruise on back home. You guys remember pop tops, right? The Beautiful Nuisance of Iguanas I apparently don’t need them to mess up my feet. First I […]
Scrap Photos
At the magazine where I worked last, the designer and I would keep folders of images we had permission to use but hadn’t used yet. Here are my scrap photos from this week. Sunrises and Sunsets from the Campground Hiking on Big Pine Key The geology of the lower keys is unique, with a very […]
Seriously? aka: Outsmarting Tracy the Only Way I Know How
You guys know that Tracy is a big-time thinker. Plus, he has a great memory, and he learns why things work as well as how. And it’s kind of irritating. I have a terrible memory; either that or I’m careless when it comes to listening. Or I forget to learn why and then never can […]
Misfortune in Dark Holler
What happened a couple of days ago to our neighbors is the RVer’s worst nightmare. They’re (or I should say were) in the big Class A motorhome parked right beside us, and they’re a big family from Michigan: three generations staying in two adjacent RVs for the full winter season, and they’ve done so for […]