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Feral Poet
The Feral Poet is an enigmatic, sometimes mysterious person. We learned just the other day that he very nearly had a career as a musician. Segovia, Montoya, and Me Begun with a long look at rain coming down on a … Continue reading
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Blue Buttons, Grey Skies, and Flip-Flops
This is a Blue-Button Jellyfish, another casualty of the on-shore winds. Hundreds on the beach this morning. It’s called a jellyfish, but it is actually a Chrondrophore, a colony of polyps living symbiotically. Everybody has a job. Some form the … Continue reading
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Cinco de Mayo
Celebrating Cinco de Mayo is kind of a recent phenomenon on Skinny Island, we think, certainly in the environs of the little hacienda. We are certain our ancestors up the road a bit didn’t give it much credence, if they … Continue reading
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Koras, Portuguese, and Gulfweed
Been listening a couple of days now to Toumani Diabate play the Kora, an extraordinary West African instrument. The Kora, a kind of cross between a harp and a lute, is a complicated double-bridged thing with 21 strings, made from … Continue reading
Playing in the Hose, Playing in the Sprinkler
As we have said, we are very water-conscious here on Skinny Island, particularly in the environs of the little hacienda. We don’t get near enough rain, and what we do get we try to capture and store for use in … Continue reading
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Feral Shrimp
Despite our best efforts, The Feral Poet located us in Fernandina, and offered the following: Feral Shrimp 25 booths peddling shrimps degraded in many ways, only one offering wild caught. The others, we assume, were domesticated, with names like Pinky, … Continue reading
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Road Trip
The Skinny Island Post is on the road this weekend, at the Amelia Island Shrimp Festival, a people watching bonanza. We have a booth showing paintings done by the editorial board. Can you say “Self Portrait?” stay tuned.
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Mullet, Paintings, and Peppers
Strong west wind all day. When this occurs it drives a lot of insects from the uninhabited spoil islands of the Tomoka Basin over to the beach, and following them are usually a great many dragonflies, and in the evening, … Continue reading
Just Stuff
Just a beautifully pleasant balmy day here on Skinny Island, wind out of southeast, some scudding clouds for variety and texture, ocean running big and noisy, all night and through the day. A day good for quiet reflection and small … Continue reading
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Dog Days of April
Can’t remember a warmer April here on Skinny Island. We normally would have two or three nice days, say topping out in the mid-seventies, then cool and windy for a week, a little rain, cycling like that. This year we’ve … Continue reading
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