Exploring the American Landscape
Shannon 
It’s hard to believe that we have been living full time in Miami for over a year, and had not yet visited the Everglades from our new home base. Miami has the distinction of bordering two of the most unique national parks in the country — the underwater wonderland of Biscayne National Park and the … Read more
I was in North Carolina for meetings and had the chance to spend a half day at the scenic Stone Mountain State Park in Roaring Gap, NC. This park is not to be confused with Stone Mountain in Georgia. The North Carolina park has no bas relief carvings of confederate generals, no laser light shows, … Read more
We keep returning to the theme of Miami history as an area of personal interest — it helps to have ancestors who were pioneers in the area — and also because we are contrarians and history seems to be a quirky interest in Miami, a city devoted to all things shiny and new. Unlike many … Read more
This photo is not photo-shopped or altered in any way. If you look closely you can see a second, fainter rainbow to the right of the main one. That is all.
For the second year in a row, we participated in my workplace’s team for the United Way 5K race in lovely Coral Gables. And for the second year in a row, it rained. As if it’s not bad enough to be running outdoors in South Florida in mid-September — according to Weather Underground, at our … Read more