Ange can’t sleep. She tosses and turns and worries. About her daughter Lily’s grim future. About the dead chicks they … More
Category: This is my Florida
Blogs about this wild and wacky state we live in.
Searching for Florida
In April I was all set to give this presentation at a Bike Florida conference on bicycle tourism. But of … More
Red and our right to know
(I wrote this article for the current edition of FORUM, a publication of Florida Humanities) What’s in a name? If … More
Florida’s forgotten city
Call it the forgotten city on the Forgotten Coast with a forgotten destiny. If you have never been to Port … More
It’s official (Florida)
If you know anything about Florida you know that we shamelessly borrow from elsewhere to sort of fill in our … More
Bartram and Palatka
A piece I wrote for the Spring, 2018 edition of FORUM On a “fine, cool” May morning in 1774, William … More
The Gulf and ‘canes
Here are a couple pieces I wrote for the fall issue of FORUM last year.
Florida forever
In the latest issue of FORUM I visit with former Gov. Bob Graham and do a little future-casting to see … More
The art of Florida
Earlier this year I spent several weeks looking at Florida cities that are embracing the arts. My series was published … More
The waiting game
Listen, if you think waiting for Dorian to make up its mind was a tedious exercise in quiet desperation, try … More
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