So after being woken up by the drunken drowned rats at midnight—and assuring the kids that the noise outside wasn’t Santa, but that he’d be coming as soon as they were gone—the kids managed to get back to sleep until our normal six a.m. When they came out it was … Read More
Christmas Karma
We’re starting to realize that the Garrison Bight mooring field here in Key West is just one disaster after another waiting to happen. With gale force winds predicted, we knew there would be some fireworks around here, so it wasn’t much surprise to wake up one morning to find a … Read More
Key West Lighthouse
Went to see the Nutcracker. In all my years I’d never seen it, and somehow I didn’t even know it was a ballet, which I figure really establishes my credentials as a total rube. Good show, and both kids enjoyed it. That night when we talked about our favorite parts, … Read More
Candy Parade
Working on Christmas cards. There is a distinct set of locals living out on the hook in Key West, and it isn’t hard to pick out their dinghies at the dock. Every time we spend time in the States I get the distinct feeling that children have fallen down to … Read More
