Florida

Try to guess by the photo only: Which one had the hatchet, and which one had the machete?

I guessed correctly. For the answer, read the article!

1 month ago

The time Tampa amost ceased to exist (and how we became the Capital of the Impossible)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dARFO8nBCc If you live in the Tampa Bay area, which has been my home for the past dozen years, you…

1 month ago

Tips for “No Kings” events in Tampa Bay

Here’s some information and advice — but not legal advice, because I’m not a lawyer — for anyone attending today’s…

11 months ago

Peacemaker at Orlando International Airport

I’m a firm believer in the notion that “prescribed times for everyday things” don’t exist at airports. In my opinion,…

1 year ago

Last Sunday’s accordion gig in Bonita Springs

It’s been over a year since I’ve played with Tom Hood’s band, the Tropical Sons. 2024 was an unusually busy…

2 years ago

Palm trees and a puffy vest

My friends in my old home town, Toronto, won’t find Tampa’s current temperatures cold, but by local standards, it’s downright frigid.…

2 years ago

Headline of the day

It would be even more funny and frightening is the transformation was going the other way. (By the way, here’s…

2 years ago

Hurricane Milton post #14: Good thing I didn’t put away the generator!

As Murphy’s Law would have it, moments after posting yesterday that I hadn’t yet put away our generator just in…

2 years ago

Hurricane Milton post #13: I haven’t put away the generator yet

Here’s “Lil’ Red,” a generator we bought from a friend of the family a few years back, which I have…

2 years ago