I got home last night after a week-long vacation in Florida, which was wonderful and sorely needed. We went fishing, parasailing, kayaking, swimming in the ocean, walking along the beach. I bravely scrambled hand over foot across a treacherous rocky outcropping to get to the good shelling beach-and then found no good shells. But there was a certain ( Read more... )

Annual family vacay in Sarasota, Florida, was amazing-that place is just magical, I can't even identify what it is. Maybe it was the nightly mojitos. Or the sand and the surf and the sticky, broiling sunlight (so different from Arizona). Or the long, humid runs under the fraying edges of a tropical depression.

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I've discovered that by propping my laptop precariously in the master bedroom windowsill, I can access a random wireless network to some degree. So I'm doing so ( Read more... )

Off to Florida in the morning, already and early. Leaving my house at 3:45am. But it means I get into Sarasota before 4pm local time, which is a beautiful thing and worth the effort.

I will leave you with this:


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First off, happy belated birthday to grammar_glamour! I meant to send well-wishes on the 10th, but the internet situation in Florida was even more sketch than usual and it was very difficult to find a wireless network to steal. Regardless, I hope you had an absolutely amazing day ( Read more... )