Tag: Life in Florida
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Hot Weather, (Potentially) Higher Royalties
Saturday, June 20, 2026, Orlando, Florida As the temperature climbs—currently 92°F (33°C) on this sweltering, storm-threatening Saturday—so may the royalties from my Jim Garraty stories. Behold!
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A Fateful Morning in June of 1983: An Excerpt from ‘Reunion: Coda’
The morning of June 17, 1983, rose slowly over South Miami, pressing its familiar heat against the city long before the sun cleared the horizon. It was the kind of summer day that promised sweat, glare, and the restless energy of endings. Across the city, seniors from the Class of ’83 were waking up to…
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You Are Already Moving
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Florida Summer Has Entered the Chat
Here we are, 12 days into Summer 2026—at least if you subscribe to “meteorological summer,” which starts on June 1. The traditionalists will point out that summer doesn’t officially begin until 4:24 AM Eastern Time on Sunday, June 21, but Central Florida clearly did not get that memo. Outside, it already feels less like early…
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Oh, the Places I’ve Been To (and Lived In)!
In my 63 years on Earth, I’ve been to many different places. Most of them, of course, were just brief visits or “passthroughs” in my life’s occasional meanderings. A few, like Miami, Bogota (Colombia), Sevilla (Spain), Tampa, Madison (New Hampshire), and (now) Orlando, were places I called “home,” even if at times this was more…
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New Month, New Season, and New Workweek
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On Blogging, Writing, and Storytelling: On Not Knowing What to Write (Again)
On Not Knowing What to Write (Again) I’ll admit it: today’s blog post almost didn’t happen. It’s early afternoon here in Florida, the heat is doing its best impression of a wet blanket, and my brain feels like it’s running on the last fumes of this morning’s coffee. I kept telling myself I’d think of…
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On Writing and Storytelling: Stories, Sunshine, and the People Who Read Them
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When Spring Cosplays as Midsummer
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When a Florida Spring Gives the Keys to Summer Prematurely
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A Certain Point of View, Too 