“Oh, of course I’ll keep it to myself. Until the water reaches my lower lip, and then I’m going to … More
Category: Environment/urbanism
Blogs about the physical world around us..
Density is our destiny
(This was originally published in The Sun in the spring of 2015, but it seems especially relevant today given the … More
Only kidding Gainesville
A lot of folks like to think of Gainesville as being a progressive university community. But, really, we’re a typical … More
Child of the Anthropocene
I am a child of the Anthropocene. In my lifetime I have leaped, not just from one century to the … More
The art of climate change
Ange can’t sleep. She tosses and turns and worries. About her daughter Lily’s grim future. About the dead chicks they … More
The spinx and the water
ST. PETERSBURG: This is a city of grand palaces and colorful onion-domed Russian Orthodox churches, of giant mosques and fortresses … More
On the smell of money
And then there was the time Gov. Claude Kirk went to Perry for a little flesh-pressing and back-slapping. Perry being … More
If now now, then when?
I’m not crazy about single issue voters. But if there was ever a time to be one, it’s now. This … More
Oh Florida!
(I wrote this review of Lauren Groff’s collection of short stories, “Florida” for the Gainesville Sun.) Lauren Groff disdains quotation … More
The hurricanes yet to come
(With Hurricane Michael bearing down on the Florida Panhandle this seems like a good time to post this piece I … More
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