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Tag: St. Augustine

Kelley-O’Brien Mansion: St. Augustine’s Hidden Treasure

Kelley-O’Brien Mansion: St. Augustine’s Hidden Treasure

Lewis Ogden O’Brien had just turned 12 in the spring of 1885, when he scribbled out a short note, jammed it inside a bottle, and hid it inside an air vent at his family’s new winter estate in Florida. The oldest of three, Lewis would [Read more…]

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings: A Literary Legacy in the Dunes

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings: A Literary Legacy in the Dunes

History is written in the architecture all over St. Augustine. From coquina walkways to gilded arches, each structure carries with it not only a unique design, but a unique story. High on the dunes of Crescent Beach, just a few hundred yards north of State [Read more…]

Killer Shine Inspiration [NaNoWriMo]

Killer Shine Inspiration [NaNoWriMo]

NaNoWriMo is about to wrap-up and I’ve got bad news… I’m not going to make it to the finish line. At least not before November 30th. I jumped out to an early lead, but like sprinting the first mile of a marathon, my pace was [Read more…]

Oh, hello beach!

Oh, hello beach!

Sometimes I forget where I live. I don’t mean, like, soap-opera-amnesia-style forget. I mean something more along the lines of getting caught up in the day-to-day so much that we forget things sometimes. To quote one of my favorite role models, Ferris Bueller: “Life moves [Read more…]