Hibiscus in my South FL front yard So the title is a little outside (inside?) joke. Mother Nature manages to outdo the best artists and crafters, but part of the human condition is trying to keep up with her and learning as much as you can. So during a recent online carving class for metal […]
Anything but black and white: Florida voices part 2
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Zora Neale Hurston The trouble with listening to authentic American voices is the certainty that they won’t tell you what you want to hear. In my last post, I wrote that music industry giants Tom Petty, who started out in North Florida and Bo Diddley, who ended up there, […]
Catching Up: Weddings, Words and my Inner Child
Here’s a look at the six months since my last post. My youngest son Kyle and long time fiance Kim were wed on March 11. Here’s one of my favorite photos taken at the end of a perfect South Florida day. This is a great picture of my inner child. Sebastian, the son of a […]