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3SP: The First Saturday in May

Where I grew up [in Louisville, where the women are fast and the horses are beautiful...] the first Saturday in May means …

Desperately Seeking Annette

Leap and a net will appear. Today I leaped [leapt? -- nah...]. I have been in Florida long enough. I moved here …

Summer Song Refrain

I made one of my semiannual treks to Louisville a couple weeks ago. The whirring of the cicadas filled the air. There …

Summer Song

When spring yields to summer, insects renew their annual concerts. Warm evenings bring cricket chirps — their frequency an unofficial, but accurate, …

otohPhoto: Wingin’ It

The great Os asked for pics of how we celebrated on Tuesday. I was with family in Louisville and it was a …

01:02:03 04/05/06

In the last two days I’ve gotten threee emails with some version of this: At two minutes and 3 seconds after 1:00 …

Modjeska

I guess it’s because I don’t really like marshmallows; I never heard this story before. There is a candy that originated in …

otohPhoto: Reflecting on Home

The house reflected in my glasses is where my parents live, where they have lived for about 45 years, where I grew …

Run for the Roses

I grew up in Kentucky and there are some things I really miss about it now that I live in Florida: the …

A Night in Stars Hollow

I watch Gilmore Girls. There. The dirty little secret is out. In fact it is on right now. What would motivate me …