Tag Archives: Gulf Coast

Fall Things Considered

I think Saturday was the first day of Fall. I don’t mean in that official calendar first-day-of-Fall way. Not a fixed date. No, Saturday was the first day that the wind changed direction for more than a few fleeting moments. … Continue reading

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A Song Of Summer in the South

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Trying to Reason With Hurricane Season – Part the Second

Read “Part the First” of Trying to Reason With Hurricane Season. As early as September 8th, 2004, when Hurricane Ivan was as far away as the island of Grenada, I told my wife that I had a “real bad feeling” … Continue reading

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Trying to Reason With Hurricane Season – Part the First

June 1st. One of my friends suggested today that we boycott June 1st and just call today May 32nd. Maybe that way we could avoid the start of hurricane season. We’d just keep on adding days to May until we … Continue reading

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A Shortcut On The Road to Melanomaville

Try this… Go out at noon and stay out till sundown on a warm day in April on the sunny Gulf Coast. Just for fun, put sunblock on, but don’t be very thorough. That wouldn’t do. I’ll give you a … Continue reading

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