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Goodbye and good riddance, Hermine!
Well she came and went, and caused enough devastation to wipe out the vast majority of Tallahassee's electricity (air conditioning!), but thankfully, and we must always find something to thankful about, no one was killed in Tallahassee. We are thankful we had no...
U.S. National Parks are 100 years old !
Who would have thought it? Half as old as the USA. I'm glad there were some celebratory stories on the radio today because we do tend to forget the treasures we have right here in the U.S. Having seen lots of other places in the world, I must say my favourite place on...
Azaleas, pintas, cacti and less…
Did I mention that it's 111 on the heat index today (that's 44 Celsius)? I've noticed that nobody looks at me strangely anymore as I open an umbrella to walk across a long car park to get into a shop. That car park that is made of concrete/asphalt that heats up the...
Gladys Knight and the pips? No, just Dad
See these little brown thrashers in their nest, inside an orange tree? The entire tree was grown from a pip - an orange pip. We have 2 trees - 20 feet high I might add - as well as this smaller tree that Thom keeps beautifully shaped and that's probably why these...
Queen of England, Grand Cayman and where?
More questions from strangers in Publix (who knew I had such a following? Ah, the anonymity of the internet!) and friends alike...So thanks to Max Galke, here's another spiffy diagram for your education.. Yes Queenie Poo's face does appear on money other than the...
A new Margaret Thatcher for Great Britain?
Such drama coming out of Britain in the last fortnight (translation: two weeks)! Prime Minister David Cameron resigned after 52% of the people voted to leave Europe. Now we have a new Prime Minister who should be in office by Wednesday, yes, Wednesday. It's enough to...
United Kingdom, Great Britain, Europe uh?
It's been a curious discovery lately...so many of my American friends, guests, acquaintances, fellow sojourners, complete strangers that I meet in Publix.. don't understand the big hoo-ha about Brexit (that's Britain's exit from Europe for those of you that don't pay...
2 FSU Parents & a truck Heat index – 112
So it's that time of year again, FSU students are on the move in Tallahassee. For some, it's attending FSU orientation to start college, for others it's moving off campus and into an apartment (where the independence really begins and they realize there is no...
Big Ben will be silent next year
So much happening in Britain right now, I must admit I've been rather glued to the international news. The British pound hit a new low of $1.29 today. Before the Brexit referendum it was around $1.53 where it'd been for a few months. I know this because despite all my...
Exit pathway, not Brexit
We've refreshed the entrance (and the exit) to the Little English Guesthouse and thought you might like to take a look. And as for Brexit, all I can say is that I'm really rather sad that England is leaving Europe. It's a very divisive subject so I won't go into the...
A new year of independence, a new website, oh, and a new blog
Happy Independence Day! I would never have imagined a couple of decades ago, that one day I would participate in the celebration of... getting rid of...turning one's back on...rebelling against..claiming independence from - however one wishes to put it... Great...
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