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Category: Essay

I’ll Take Florida, Critters and All

As published in Florida Wildlife Magazine. Illustration by Mike Wright, freelance artist from Longwood, Florida. They tell me those gigantic wolf spiders are completely harmless, but I don’t believe it. How can anyone say such a thing when people must be tripping and breaking their necks trying to get away from…

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The Art of Thriftiness

It seems that no matter how old we get to be, we are never too old to be taught a lesson by our parents. At the top of my mother’s list is the art of thriftiness. Hardly a visit goes by without a small lesson in this art. I’ve tried…

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No Common Sense

How could two people with no common sense be married for 48 years without killing themselves, each other, or any of their six daughters? It must have been divine intervention. As I was growing up, I didn’t realize my parents had no common sense. They were both intelligent people, so…

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Living in Faith

“Fear can’t exist where faith resides.” I’ve long since forgotten the name of the minister giving the sermon, but the words will probably remain etched in my memory forever. I had recently changed employment from a comfortable job of six years to one with a boss who turned out to…

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