As part of my presentation to the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society in Mt. Dora, FL in 2018, I used quotes from the writers Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Zora Neale Hurston to illustrate their struggles and perceptions and to tell their stories as I perceive them. I’ll provide some context but this is mostly a record of […]
Anything but black and white: Florida voices part 2
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Zora Neale Hurston The trouble with listening to authentic American voices is the certainty that they won’t tell you what you want to hear. In my last post, I wrote that music industry giants Tom Petty, who started out in North Florida and Bo Diddley, who ended up there, […]
Summer Shots
The porch at a bed and breakfast in Gainesville Florida. Summer in north Florida looks beautiful and feels prehistoric. Heat and giant bugs contrast with the dark shelter of live oaks dripping with Spanish moss the way that a cool glass of ice tea (no plastic, please) sets off the the heat of barbecue bought […]