Tag Archives: Florida

Indifference

Posted on August 21, 2016 by toritto

  High tropic Summer lies heavy o’er this land sweltering heat and humidity our Amazon, green algae choked seeking it’s path to the open sea trying hard not to disappear into the sodden rain soaked soil Spanish moss as living room drapes Queen … Continue reading →

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A Curse on Kentucky – Zika

Posted on August 5, 2016 by toritto

Well anyone who is the least bit informed, even those who do nothing but watch celebrity news or occupy their precious time playing Pokemon-Go know that Zika has come to America.  And know that my home state of Florida is … Continue reading →

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Governor Called “Asshole” by Anarchist Latte Liberal!

Posted on April 9, 2016 by toritto

Hee Hee! We’ve been having fun here in Florida!! You all know about our Governor, Rick Scott who,   in my opinion, should be in Federal prison for Medicare fraud.  But hey, what do I know? Before he was our Governor, Scottie … Continue reading →

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On Palm Sunday

Posted on March 19, 2016 by toritto

Soldiers resting under the palm trees in Iraq, near the town of Karmah. (Photo from Michael J. Totten’s foreign correspondence blog) The children shout We’re here! We’re here! See their first palm at Florida’s border. Bodies relaxing under palm trees; the cooling … Continue reading →

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Sex on the Square

Posted on January 21, 2016 by toritto

Sex on the Square So what do you think your old, decrepit retired parents are doing in Florida? Waiting to die? Frogs waiting to croak? Your mom or dad, alone, lonely, sitting with her head on the kitchen table? Poor … Continue reading →

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Autumn Sunrise at a Port Richey Diner

Posted on January 16, 2016 by toritto

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

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Sun City

Posted on October 2, 2015 by toritto

  In dreams I walk in furrows of deep crusted snow with you where we once walked in slow motion Autumn among nodding twigs and leaves of many colors before we started Winter fires loving; the flames turning crackling logs … Continue reading →

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Promised Land

Posted on September 15, 2015 by toritto

Springtime in the rural South land soon it will he hot and moist; four teenage girls in short shorts sitting on a mat in the gymnasium trying to look sultry A well seasoned town with septic tanks gators and armadillos … Continue reading →

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Immokalee and the Fight for a Penny a Pound

Posted on August 15, 2015 by toritto

In the southern part of Florida, maybe 30 or 35 miles from the money towns of Naples and Marco Island, sits another town, along “Alligator Alley”, where I-75, running south along the Gulf coast  turns left and makes a bee … Continue reading →

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Blind Eye

Posted on August 14, 2015 by toritto

Young Mexican picker man rises from a mattress on the floor of a dilapidated trailer shared with nine other mattresses.   buys a chicken bag lunch from the local seller of chicken bag lunches and climbs on board the contractor … Continue reading →

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