Welcome

We’re glad you found us!  Looking for undiscovered Florida? You will find it in my newest book Floating in Florida 21 Amazing adventures in Florida’s hidden waters.  2024.

Lucy’s  memoir Wednesday Notes Sea Aster Press, 2022 , follows the seasons in the back garden and beyond. Books by Lucy and creative cards now available on her  Sea Aster Gallery etsy shop or direct from Lucy.

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  • Wednesday Notes is a weekly free blog – sharing the view from my window – comes to your e mail. A wandering writer looks at life in her back garden and beyond
  • Pivot Point – Lucy interviews people who have pivot points in their lives, short, entertaining and enlightening
  • Media page – recent articles, press, events
  • Speaking – find out about bringing Lucy to your group

Lucy Beebe Tobias

Lucy Beebe Tobias is an independent journalist, an award-winning author, blogger, and photographer creating lively and engaging books on environment, exploration and ecology. Her writing is family focused, senior welcoming, canine inclusive and always eco-friendly.
 
Tobias is a former newspaper reporter and photographer for the New York Times Regional Group. She served as Authentic Florida Expert for VISIT FLORIDA with blogs, stories and videos.
 
Lucy is a member of NATJA, the North American Travel Journalists Association.
 
Lucy is author of the best-selling book “50 Great Walks in Florida”  (University Press of Florida),  the ultimate gardening book The Zen of Florida Gardening, winner of the Best Outdoor Book in the Florida Outdoor Writers Association Best in Craft awards, 2021, the children’s book “Mary Margaret Manatee: the adventures of a young Florida manatee” available in English and Spanish,
 
She is part of the Chicken Soup for the Soul family of writers. Her story about her dog Suzi was chosen for Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Very Good, Very Bad Dog, 2016.
 

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Lucy writes for digital and print publications, and does in person book events and speaking engagements.
Her work is available in print, on Amazon, in bookstores, as e-books and online with this web site.
 
Lucy lives in Sarasota, Florida with one dog and two cats. Outside in her back garden, water lilies bloom every day and the goldfish are busy producing more goldfish.
 
Degrees
BA, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
A.S., Graphic Design Technology, Santa Fe College
 
Associations