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Ever since permitless carry passed the mush-for-brains Florida Legislature I’ve been wary of answering the doorbell. Or having the...
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laurieyoung9
- Mar 27
- 4 min
So Many Books, So Little Time
It’s book time here at the blog. I read so you can get the good stuff and skip the rest. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus; fiction,...
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laurieyoung9
- Mar 19
- 2 min
It's Stinky-Winky time in Florida
Florida is going to be smelly this year. You’ve probably heard about the great Sargassum belt heading towards Florida. Five thousand...
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laurieyoung9
- Feb 10
- 9 min
Up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane, no...
I’m strapped into the bulbous head of a giant grasshopper, listing at a forty-five degree angle to the port side while racing up a canyon...
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laurieyoung9
- Jan 25
- 3 min
Another Day in Paradise
The doorbell rang. I know, I should get one of those Ring doorbells so I don’t have to answer it if I don’t like the looks of whoever is...
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laurieyoung9
- Jan 6
- 3 min
The beat goes on (and on)
Dateline: June 1, 2023 CNN is on the television, waiting for the four hundred and ninety-ninth vote for House Speaker. The tension is...
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laurieyoung9
- Dec 29, 2022
- 2 min
Another one bites the dust
The doorbell rang. I’d just returned from Boston and almost didn’t have the energy to answer it but I dragged myself up off the couch in...
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laurieyoung9
- Dec 16, 2022
- 3 min
Shop til you drop
I’m in Boston for my favorite: annual medical appointments and some last-minute Christmas shopping. The medical appointments went very...
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laurieyoung9
- Dec 1, 2022
- 4 min
Out of Africa (and back in Florida)
Note: Two videos follow at the end of the text. The Africa of our safari is 7,000 miles and a hundred years away from Sarasota. You can...
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laurieyoung9
- Nov 20, 2022
- 3 min
2022: A Year of Reckoning
As the end of November approaches and we can again look forward sitting in the same room for Thanksgiving dinner, I’ve noticed a very...
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laurieyoung9
- Nov 2, 2022
- 4 min
After the Deluge
Now that I’ve been back in Sarasota for a couple weeks, I can report that Sarasota proper received very little damage compared to the...
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laurieyoung9
- Oct 26, 2022
- 3 min
Back at the Blog Again.
I know you’re hot for the Africa story. It’s coming. Robin is currently ranking and sorting the 7500+ photos we took over the three...
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laurieyoung9
- Sep 18, 2022
- 11 min
Bucking the Bucket List
Four days left until the long-long-long flight to Darkest Africa. I can't tell you how this trip will play out since we're still in...
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laurieyoung9
- Sep 8, 2022
- 2 min
One picture is worth a thousand years...
When I look at the photo of the documents seized from somewhere in the Palm Beaches, the first thing I notice is the carpet. I grew up...
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laurieyoung9
- Aug 27, 2022
- 3 min
Just when you think the Real Estate Boom has ended...
Today faithful reader, we will return to the Metaverse so that you can be up to date with the latest in modern life and able to hold an...
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laurieyoung9
- Aug 22, 2022
- 2 min
Epic Western Adventure Movie is here!
For the past several weeks, Robin and I have been working on the movie version of our Epic Western Adventure story. Mostly Robin, but I...
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laurieyoung9
- Aug 4, 2022
- 3 min
Summertime and there's always some damn thing...
It’s hair day. The day I get up and look in the mirror at my graying roots and wonder what would happen if I just let it go. Then I...
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laurieyoung9
- Jul 22, 2022
- 2 min
As the Stomach Turns...
Every once in a while, when I’m wondering what the hell is going on in this God-forsaken planet after watching bad things being heaped on...
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laurieyoung9
- Jul 17, 2022
- 3 min
Hot time in the city!
Normally in mid-July I’d be writing this blog while watching part of the Osprey family that lives on the telephone pole behind my house...
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laurieyoung9
- Jul 2, 2022
- 5 min
Robert Girard Kesten, 1933-2022
My father Bob finally lost his long battle with Parkinson's and Lewy body dementia last week. Below is his obituary. Robert Girard...
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