Category: Florida

pulchra terra

creek and marsh grass
Betz-Tiger Point Preserve, Edwards Creek. Ten miles from JAX and a million people. Sitting above the St.Johns, in proximity to Amelia Island, Big Talbot, Black Hammock, Nassau River, Pumpkin Hill, Fort George, Timucuan. Not terra firma, pulchra terra. Build your subdivision elsewhere.

When we destroy nature we diminish our capacity to sense the divine, to understand who God is and what our own potential is and duties are as human beings. RFK Jr.

Dames Point Bridge

Until the 2003 completion of the Sidney Lanier Bridge in Brunswick, Georgia, the Dames Point Bridge was the only bridge in the United States to feature the harp stay arrangement.
It remains one of the largest cable-stayed bridges in the United States, with 21 miles of cable.

together

I heard tonight that a friend died.

being on earth, being together, is the greatest gift

Pay attention to people. Love each other.

chicken etiquette

twins, child in a stroller, fried chicken

Chicken: Most chicken should be eaten with a fork and knife unless the meal is extremely informal (like a picnic). How to eat fried chicken is debatable at moderately formal dinners.

Hooper informed Dietrick that it’s against city ordinance to eat fried chicken, “a culinary delicacy sacred to this municipality, this county, this state, the Southland and this republic,” with anything other than your fingers. The 1961 ordinance was put on city books as a sort of public relations stunt to promote Gainesville as the poultry capital of the world, Hooper said.— The Times