My Favorite Florida Things – Wilderness
Before I moved to Florida it meant only two things to me: beaches and theme parks. While we have both in abundance …
My Favorite Florida Things – Tai Chi
As I prepare to uproot myself I am acutely aware that there are some things about central Florida that I will miss …
Desperately Seeking Annette
Leap and a net will appear. Today I leaped [leapt? -- nah...]. I have been in Florida long enough. I moved here …
Limpkins
So there I was, right in the middle of one of our final exams. Another teacher gave me a chance to take …
RRR: My Extremely Brief, Unintentional, and Unprofitable Ownership of a Pornographic Website
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. This is an update of a post originally published on 21 November 2006. I garnered three new followers on …
Saturday in the Park
Most Saturday mornings for about the last seven years I have started my day with a Tai Chi class in the local …
When It Rains
It was back to work today for teachers here. Students return to classes next Monday. Sigh… no more watching cheesy marathons on …
The Moon as We Knew It
Someone at the school where I teach [SWIT] had the brilliant idea to require all students to read the same book this …
Little Big Hike
Saturday we had an unseasonably warm 80+ degrees. Yesterday morning a cold front blew through bringing some rain and unseasonably cool high …
A Debate Evolves
I recently read a discussion here that was spurred by a New York Times article there. I read only a fraction of …
Smart, and a bit lucky
I decided to err on the side of caution and sent the Silverstein poem to ALL my colleagues… with a revised prologue. …
Opism
Opism: when you take the tim out of optimism…. Tropical storm Fay never got as strong as she might have and didn’t …