Tag Archives: Florida

Last Roar of the Lion

There was a song by the band Looking Glass that poured out of every car radio the summer I graduated high school in 1972.  It was called Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl) and if you listened to the melody streaming through an … Continue reading

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Rules of Engagement

Husband and I had to fly down to Florida again last week as a result of my father-in-law’s injury from a fall, except it was bad weather and schools were out for spring break, and the grand total was no flights to … Continue reading

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Lobby Tales

While we were down in Florida visiting my hospitalized father-in-law, we stayed at our favorite Hampton Inn with its lightning fast wireless Internet service and free tasty breakfast.  One of us rocks the early evening manager’s reception complete with complimentary … Continue reading

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All the Right Moves

We just went down to Florida to be with Husband’s 89-year-old father who took a spill while out shopping.  Seems he was in the parking lot of Best Buy where he went to check out the latest flat screen monitors … Continue reading

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The Natural Look

The newspaper recently ran a half-page obituary about a race car driver from the 1960’s who just died at the age of 82.  It caught my attention because the picture was of an attractive young woman in a race car … Continue reading

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The Pipeman Cometh

The smell under the kitchen sink lived on so I called the plumber and he came back yesterday.  He said it wasn’t so unusual for this to happen, not the smell but the customer noticing some weird odor and thinking it … Continue reading

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The South’s Gonna Do It Again, Part Two

In times past, Husband and I would choreograph our vacations by plotting out a route on a map and consulting travel books and the Internet to arrange stops in historic little towns at quaint bed and breakfasts.  Nowadays we’re still … Continue reading

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The South’s Gonna Do It Again, Part One

Last week we took a little vacation since I had a break from school and Husband is a sweetheart.  We flew down to south Florida (see What, Me Worry? for an overview of my history with flight) and visited his … Continue reading

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