As I write this, my husband is in our back yard propping up a little hibiscus tree, which yesterday started to fall over. “What’s it like living in Florida?” people ask me. Well, this is what it’s like: The ground is so soft and perpetually hot and wet, that it can’t even support a […]
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Snake in the Grass
SNAKE!!!! That’s what I posted yesterday, when I came across a long black snake while weeding my front bushes. I was on a phone call and because I have to move around when I talk on the phone (I would make a terrible telephone solicitor or call center employee. I’d wear out entire closets […]
The Scent of Rotting Sea Life
I found a piece of coral on the beach. If you live in Florida and you’re reading this, stop laughing right now. It was so beautiful. I never really knew how the color coral got its name, but I figured it out when I saw this gorgeous sea knick-knack lying on the beach. I […]
It’s an El Jungle Out There-O
You wouldn’t believe what we south Floridians have to go through down here. It’s a jungle. Really, it’s a tropical jungle where alligators feel they have the right to waddle down the middle of an avenue if there’s a heavy rainstorm, where lizards crawl out from under your computer keyboard when you’re trying to write […]
Adventures in Miami Beach
My son and daughter and I went on our first Florida day-trip adventure yesterday. We got in the car with some vague Mapquest directions, Starbucks and a camera and drove to Miami Beach. Despite my best non-efforts, it was surprisingly a non-adventure. Unlike our other day trips shortly after we move and I get […]
Getting Ready for the Rudeness
Someone’s having a bad attitude day. In the midst of our move, when we were still in Lexington, I was chatting with our movers and I politely asked them how they liked living in Florida. “Well, it’s hot,” Rod said. “And it’s humid,” he added. “And get ready for the rudeness,” Paul chimed in. The […]