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A Quiet Expansive Stillness
It’s way too soon, but it feels like summer already here on Skinny Island. Eighty degrees at 11:00 a.m., and will hit ninety on the mainland. Our water temperature still hovering at 69, so we’ll have that moderating effect and … Continue reading
Seriously Feral
We found the Feral Poet in a somewhat serious and reflective mood this week. To the point, we cite this: Guitar Against Wall Against the wall a brown guitar containing thin, transparent, white afternoons the crawl of stucco shadows under … Continue reading
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Mornings
We are morning people. We figure we’ve seen just about every sunrise of our fifteen years here. What was born out of necessity a long time ago, getting to work, has become habit, with a little pathology thrown in. I … Continue reading
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Digging It
Hard to imagine a more perfect morning; mild, gentle wind from the southwest, wide beach, firm sand made for walking. Everybody we met was smiling and had something to say about the morning. It had that kind of effect, an … Continue reading
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Heat Lightning, etc.
We rushed our beach walk a little this morning after looking at the weather radar, left coffee unfinished and paper unread, to get it in before the rain came. Wide smooth beach, combed by southwest winds, littered again by dead … Continue reading
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Transitions, etc.
Two large flights of migratory birds observed winging north out over the ocean this morning. Ducks; Grebes; I couldn’t tell. Other Snow Birds need to follow suit. Many dead Cannonball jelly fish and crabs in surf line. These jellies are … Continue reading
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The Rained-In Feral Poet
The Feral Poet was sequestered, wherever it is he sequesters himself, during all the rain and storms of the past week, and came up with the following observations. After Rain 1 A storm moves across the island into open ocean. … Continue reading
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Artsy-Fartsy
Stunningly clear, sunny morning, especially in light of all the rough weather yesterday. Ocean a beautiful azure and flat as a table top. The swell I anticipated didn’t materialize. I’m guessing the storm was moving too fast, too far south. … Continue reading
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Stormy Weather
Strong cold front tangling with warm moist air kicked off a day of rough weather across the sunshine state today, and while friends and family in the Tampa/Lakeland area saw the worst, we had our share here on Skinny Island. … Continue reading
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Purgatory
A little betwixt and between weather wise here on Skinny Island today, full overcast, muggy and still, but with tornado warnings due to heavy weather to our north. No rain here yet though. A purgatory, if you will, made for … Continue reading
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