Monthly Archives: June 2021

  By Pamela T. in chalk and Magic Marker 🙂  

I’m sure most of you have read about the collapse of a 12 story condominium tower in Surfside, Florida which is right next door to Miami Beach.  The building, which is 40 years old collapsed without warning at 2 a.m. … Continue reading →

Our first home -1966 It’s 1959 and 16 year old high school graduate Torrito attends his commencement held in a local movie theater in full view of his proud parents on a Thursday in late May and goes to work … Continue reading →

“Two staffers in a government IT department in Manatee County, Florida, died of COVID-19 following an outbreak at their office, the county said Friday .The first staffer died at a local hospital Monday, County Administrator Scott Hopes told the Bradenton Herald. … Continue reading →

Its been an interesting week in Texas. You all know about Texas. One always gets the impression that it is preparing for independence; at least under its current Republican leadership.  And its always worried about ideology rather than the welfare … Continue reading →

A concrete room seven by twelve measured by feet placed one in front of the other in a straight line I have walked for decades. Concrete furniture permanently arranged table, chair, bed I have no right to move furniture anymore. … Continue reading →

  Well its a hot humid day here on Florida’s west coast as summer is  officially here no matter what the calendar says. Red Tide has reappeared along many beaches with dead fish fouling the pristine sand. Even the manatees … Continue reading →

The “R” in the neon “Diner” flashes intermittently with that annoying buzz of a busy bee; the sun is rising over Florida flatlands dawn now causing the shadows to flee illuminating a rising tide in the Pithlachascotee and a sheen on the window through … Continue reading →

Well its 8 A.M. here in Florida and in Tampa its already well over 80 degrees and humid.  Its going to be a hot weekend. Its been a usual Florida week around here.  There has been a road rage shooting … Continue reading →

Toritto in Massawa, Eritrea in 1965 wearing the prize hat. I learned to ride a horse in Brooklyn. As a teen in the ‘50s I would ride regularly in Prospect Park or Gerritsen Beach renting horses from local stables for … Continue reading →