Another quiet week here in northern Florida, with a mix of weather so hot we were in the pool, so cold we had the heat on, and so rainy that things got pretty muddy outside the Alto, all in the space of seven days. Go figure. And then walking around the neighborhood, I saw this and I don’t quite know what to make of it. I’m also not sure what to do with this, a magazine display at the local Publix grocery store. It’s a little different than I’m used to being what some might call a #liberalsnowflake (and I’m…
A Day in Water Views
I’m totally going to indulge myself in today’s post. It’s rainy and grey here in Gainesville and I am missing beaches something fierce. So here, for me — and for all of you who might need it too — is a day of water views… Let’s start with this beautiful sunrise over the Atlantic, at Salisbury Beach in Massachusetts Now that the day has begun, let’s take a walk on the warm sand of Marina State Beach, in central California (and in our perfect day, there is no smoky air from horrible fires). Maybe lunchtime is a good time to…
Weekly Update: Nov 14, 2018
Another Wednesday, and I’m sitting outside in my comfy camp chair, gently rocking with the breeze as I write this. If I sound mellow, that’s about right. Two weeks of being in one place has been a luxury. This trend will continue till late January, and I’m enjoying it so very much. It’s not that I hate moving, it’s more that I’ve realized I was moving so much that I didn’t have time to be still and let what I’ve seen seep into my soul and then come back out as art. I was taking photos on the fly, hoping…
Weekly Update: Nov 7, 2018
Been a quiet week here in Gainesville, except for the trip two hours south to see manatees in their winter haven (see Sunday’s post). Here’s a shot that didn’t make it into that report. I’ve been walking a lot, getting to know the neighborhood. The trees are old here, and big, and they are amazing. It’s almost like Spring here in Florida. It’s too hot during the summer for flowers to grow, so now that it’s cooling down (only 82F today!), the buds are breaking out all over. I’m going to take a break from weekly updates in November, since…
African-American History Monument
On this, a momentous Election Day in the United States, I can think of no better photos to share than those I took last month at the African-American History Monument in Charleston, South Carolina. To get to that monument, I first had to walk by this one: It’s a memorial by “the Women of South Carolina” to the Confederate Soldiers of the Civil War. Tributes on two sides of the base to the “truth, courage and patriotism” of those who died fighting for the right to enslave their fellow human beings. I just shook my head and walked on around…




