Potluck is the name of the game when it comes to dinner companions at an academic conference in a small strange town in Florida. I was in Tarpon Springs for the 32nd annual Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society conference meeting recently. As I was holding sway with my munchkin–the little people in the iconic movie The […]
Marjorie and Zora: Anything but Black and White–Quotes from the 2018 Rawlings Society Presentation in Mt. Dora, FL.
As part of my presentation to the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society in Mt. Dora, FL in 2018, I used quotes from the writers Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Zora Neale Hurston to illustrate their struggles and perceptions and to tell their stories as I perceive them. I’ll provide some context but this is mostly a record of […]
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 […]
Let’s Talk About Larry!
Larry has bad karma or good luck depending on whether you are a glass-half-full type of person. One black humid August night in Alachua County Florida when the mosquitoes blanketing the ground were almost as thick as the stars in the clear sky, something bit Larry under his right wing and on his right chicken […]