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Gentle Manatees Swim in Florida Waters
Gentle Manatees Swim in Florida Waters

Gentle Manatees Swim in Florida Waters

Manatees were here before mastodons stomped down Florida grasses. Before Indians inhabited prime seaside real estate. Even before Ponce de Leon got himself killed wandering around Florida looking for the Fountain of Youth. Manatees pre-date Disney and interstates Yes, way…

Gainesville is Good to Go for All Seasons
Gainesville is Good to Go for All Seasons

Gainesville is Good to Go for All Seasons

Depending on the season Gainesville rearranges its face. The face during football season is painted orange and blue of course. GO GATORS. Every semester Gainesville changes its feel and look as the city ebbs and surges with the academic calendar…

50 Great Walks in Florida is now an e book!
50 Great Walks in Florida is now an e book!

50 Great Walks in Florida is now an e book!

BREAKING NEWS University Press of Florida has just announced that Lucy’s award-winning print book 50 Great Walks in Florida is now available as a Kindle e book on Amazon. Did you know that once you click the “Buy” button you…

Downtown historic Melbourne has food and fun
Downtown historic Melbourne has food and fun

Downtown historic Melbourne has food and fun

It is not my fault. Someone has to bite the calories, taste the Grimaldi handmade chocolates then report to you. That would be me. I bravely walk into their store on Waverly Place in Melbourne. The vats for making chocolate…

Rain Barrels are a win-win for the Environment
Rain Barrels are a win-win for the Environment

Rain Barrels are a win-win for the Environment

As I sit here looking out the studio window, big, billowing white clouds are scudding out of the west, moving fast heading east to the Atlantic Ocean. Yesterday bands of rain came through town. Every 30 minutes or so another…