Havana’s Ubiquitous “Yank Tanks”
Editor’s note: The recent announcement of normalization of relations between Cuba and the US have likely set into motion irreversible change to Cuba and her culture. Cuba will no longer…
Dixie Fish Company
Once an icon around the Ft Myers Beach, Florida, area and the source for some of the best fresh shrimp and seafood anywhere. In recent years two hurricanes and financial hardships…
Express Thyself
As day becomes night, the revelry continues, but my memories become foggy. I may remember in the wee hours though, a tumble in the hay. And then suddenly, and with a jolt, I am awake.
Flower and Water Garden at the Warrior Motel
We are traveling east along old, two lane, US 19, heading for the Eastern Gateway of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park and Cherokee, NC. The day is cold, dark and…
Cayo Hueso and Bollos
Key West, dangling like a yo - yo, at the end of a string of islands hanging from the bottom of Florida, is closer to Havana than to Miami. It seems to float on those tropical waters at the junction of the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. At a crossroads. Control of Cayo Hueso, as it was often referred to, was passed back and forth between the Spanish and British, like fish gone bad. The Americans showed up in 1822 and claimed "The Rock" was theirs. No one complained. Bollos, that delectable black-eyed pea, deep fried fritter. Fresh made and piping hot. Reason enough to come to Key West.
Vintage Pine Island
As much a state of mind as an actual place, Pine Island is Old Florida at its best and where I call home. This fair sized island along Southwest Florida's…
Abandoned in Darien
Abandoned in Darien
The last visages of the day's sun illuminates the Spanish moss dripping from the live oak that gives its shade to this forlorn house. A bare bulb struggles to make its presence known through the window, while the clapboards seem to want to go the way of the front porch. As I pass by...
Ligon’s Store
Well past midnight and the moon is near full. As we cross the Mississippi River from Arkansas on Highway 49 the fog is rising off the river and will soon…
Habana Vieja – Where Time Stood Still
Much of Havana looks as it did in the late 1950's. Standing on a street corner in Old Havana is like stepping into a time warp. The ubiquitous Yank Tanks,…