To live anywhere in Florida is to live within a one-mile radius of a putt-putt golf course. No matter how much you hate golf and all of its associates, at some point you’ll have to play putt-putt or goony golf (named after a flock of goonies who landed on a course, attacked, and flew off with two 13-year-old boys who were flapping their arms and squawking like idiots). And, if … [Read more...]
Sunny Side Up: National Face Your Fears Day
Our nation celebrated National Face Your Fears Day last week. Well, we were supposed to. I would have if I had wanted to. But I didn’t because this is the most ridiculous national day ever. It reminds me of a friend who once told me that he loves doing things he doesn’t want to do because it grows his discipline. I pointed out that if he loves doing those things, he … [Read more...]
Sunny Side Up: Spanish
Floridians know their Spanish. A trip to Walmart is to hear perfect Spanish, Spanish in all its iterations. So when I moved here, I thought I’d give this Spanish thing a go. To say I’m pretty good at languages is an understatement. My family moved to Germany when I was two, and you should have heard me jabber away in German by age five. I was a baby prodigy! In fact, my … [Read more...]
Sunny Side Up: Swiss Family Robinson
People always talk about summer reading, but I’ve never really believed in it. I think it’s because of the stupid book lists I’d get in high school to read while I was away. Yeah, right. “What I did during my summer was read what you gave me, and now I’m back. It was great.” But this summer, I decide to overcome my aversion to that book list feeling, with its corresponding … [Read more...]
Sunny Side Up: Touched
Some would say I’ve been touched. I’m creative – a writer. Perhaps it was a light touch. Regardless, here I am to share about touching things, not people. Touching people is too complicated. I’m a keen toucher of things. This is why, when visiting the Kennedy Space Center, I couldn’t wait to touch the moon pebble. When I did, I realized I was accomplishing something … [Read more...]
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