Ninety year-old Rufus “Bubba” Stratton, a Carl Hiaasen character come to life, sits at his kitchen table, describing the day he lost two-thirds of his left thumb.  “I was up at Guana River by the dam, there was a nine-foot alligator up there stealing people’s [Read more…]

Hold on…where did 2017 go? I vividly recall a quiet evening around the firepit with friends on New Year’s Eve 2017. There was a lot of laughter and a little booze and a brief intermission when we tried to reunite a lost dog with its [Read more…]