Monthly Archives: July 2019

Here we go.  The Skinny Island Post announces the publication of “River of Dolphins,” an historical novel depicting the microcosmic conflict in Spanish Florida in 1565 between two of Europe’s powerhouses, Catholic Spain and Protestant France, that resulted in the … Continue reading →

We’re cleaning out the files here in the offices of The Skinny Island Post, so that we can move on to other projects.  Starting with “Bringing Back Canasta” last month, we’re bringing out books we’ve spent a long time researching … Continue reading →

We talked in an earlier post about giving up on submitting the local plants and grasses to our will.  The results, I guess, are in the eye of the beholder.  We are certainly aware that some passersby see only a … Continue reading →

We pick up sand dollars whenever we find them on our morning walks.  We frequently find fragments, but rarely whole ones.  When the animal dies, a species of urchin,  phylum Ehinodermata, class Echinoidea, they are very brittle, and rarely survive the pounding of … Continue reading →

I was in Boston, Cambridge, specifically, having accompanied a high school friend in June of 1969 there, because his girlfriend was attending Harvard summer school.  My life plans were very short-sighted that summer.  I had attended Florida State University, majoring … Continue reading →

We have a family of Indigo snakes living at The Little Hacienda.  There are at least three of them, distinguishable by their various lengths.  They, or their ancestors, have been here for many years.  When I built the outside shower … Continue reading →