Jim and I have been together for nearly 25 years. Like many long-term relationships, we have our ups and downs and in-betweens, commonalities and differences.… Read More »Repairing Our Worlds in Winter Park and Cocoa Beach
It is 68 degrees. Not bad for a late January morning. Cayce agrees as he lounges outside on the top floor porch. This angle, while hardly… Read More »Thank You, Thank You Very Much
2017 was a tough year. But through it all (hurricanes, a leaky house, sick cats, a mad king in the White House, etc.), there was… Read More »See You 2017 – A Very Good Year for Reading
At about 4:45 p.m. on the Sunday before Thanksgiving, Dad and I start the trek from his second-floor apartment to Georgia’s, the restaurant in his… Read More »A Sunday Evening with Dad in Saratoga Springs: A Chance for This Apple to Fall Farther from the Tree
I don’t know about you, but when I hear something more than once in a short period of time, it grabs my attention. Recently, that… Read More »Starfish and Turtles
Irma blew through four weeks ago. She shook things up, that’s for sure. We are all living in the aftermath. 7,000 homes and business were… Read More »After Irma – Life in the Bucket House
Sunday, September 10, 1:58 pm Rain batters our fragile roof, which has been leaking for the last three months, and is now covered with a… Read More »Waiting for Irma
Here’s what I love most about living on a skinny spit of land off the coast of central Florida between the deep, blue Atlantic Sea… Read More »Sea Turtle Lumbers from the Sea
Recently, I meet a woman on the beach who does two things that I never do: (1) wear a bikini, and (2) twirl a hula… Read More »Bikini-Clad Blonde Hula Hoops on the Beach
Yesterday, I did something I don’t usually do. I shopped at Victoria’s Secret. I didn’t mean to. It just sort of happened. The “Plan” for… Read More »Three Bras and a Bottle of Bombshell