After I took that spill on a hill at dusk into a pile of Mackinac Island horse manure some years back, I was afraid to climb back on my bike. But when we moved into this neighborhood carved from the Everglades, I agreed to join my husband on various wild adventures, some of which involved […]
10 Things I Learned in November
1. Another name for US 1 in the Florida Keys, from Miami to Key West, is the “Overseas Highway.” It crosses the Gulf of Mexico and the Florida Strait. Route 1 runs 2,369 miles from Fort Kent, Maine to Key West, Florida, and it’s the longest north-south road in the United States. 2. […]
The Day After the Election
The Day After the Election I’ve just made another deposit on the house, and I’m on my way back from the bank. As I make my move to turn left from Federal Highway onto Atlantic Boulevard, a giant fluorescent green lizard leaps into my path. I hit my brake. Others hit their brakes. […]
31 Days of Moving Reflections – Day 24 #SouthFloridaBound
Monday, October 24 Playing with Haiku Waves flaunt their muscles Sea suds quiver like jello God washes my feet. *** First gather the eggs Scramble them in a glass bowl See what hatches. *** Do not be afraid Deep in the dung and the dark The hour to praise. *** Footprints in the sand […]
31 Days of Moving Reflections – Day 23 #SouthFloridaBound
Sunday, October 23 We have to say goodbye again. Nobody wants to talk about it. I bake giant blueberry muffins and take short orders– scrambled eggs for one, oatmeal for another. How do I always end up in the kitchen? We sun. We swim. We play. We laugh. We grill. We eat. We pack. […]
31 Days of Moving Reflections – Day 22 #SouthFloridaBound
Saturday, October 22 Ten of us wake up in our son’s perfect-for-four apartment, D and I on an air mattress crammed in the playroom. (Later tonight D will lose his balance on too little air when he rises to visit the restroom, tumble back into bed, then to the floor and set a […]
31 Days of Moving Reflections – Day 21 #SouthFloridaBound
Friday, October 21 Today we’re facing down danger in Florida– not alligators nor sharks nor fireants nor mosquitoes nor Nile crocodiles nor Burmese pythons. Today we’re going to get our kicks not on Route 66 but on what many deem to be the most deadly or at least second deadly stretch of highway in the country, Interstate 95 heading […]
31 Days of Moving Reflections – Day 19 #SouthFloridaBound
Wednesday, October 19 Suds quiver like jello on the edge. A grain of sanderlings skitters along the water, and one seems to surf a wave. A pair of gulls gaze out at who knows what. An older couple about my age, with rolls exposed, strolls past, she in a two-piece and he in a Speedo, both dark-tanned and […]
31 Days of Moving Reflections – Day 18 #SouthFloridaBound
Tuesday, October 18 Walking on the beach here is not like walking on the beach there. There our footsteps were hemmed by water and dune grass. Here our footsteps are hemmed by water and high-rises. I’m having to look at the trees and not the forest, to find beauty in the middle, to let beauty carry […]
31 Days of Moving Reflections – Day 16 #SouthFloridaBound
Sunday, October 16 It’s disorienting to be a people who walk in darkness so others can see the right light. At first I was confused and nervous about having to walk back to our car in the dark after dinner on the pier. And then I remembered the signs. It’s sea turtle nesting season. From […]
