Tag Archives: Florida Everglades
In the swamp
In the swamp I accept I am not anything. I belong to it, the way a child belongs to her great-grandmother. She owns me, she teaches me. She is so old I have no reason to rebel. She is so … Continue reading
The Deer Heart
Sometime long after daybreak, a panther stalked and killed a doe on the buggy path where my people go, on the north side of the Tamiami Trail where the fresh water is. The buggy driver must have jumped the cat … Continue reading
Hope and Curiosity Compel Us Forward
“Um, sorry. No offense, but, I like don’t care at all about your struggle to find a husband. What really interests me is the dude hunting the Skunk Apes.” Yeah, man. I know. It’s November, and I’m sitting in Steve … Continue reading
And So It Was That Team Skunk Ape Found Itself Not Needing to Pee for 8 Hours
Deep in the Florida Everglades, so the story goes, a creature exists. Covered in coarse, shaggy hair from head to toe and bipedal, this animal is so shy and rare that hardly anyone has ever to lay eye upon it. … Continue reading
Everglades Wildlife Report: Traffic, Knotty + the Suitors, and “Skunk Ape” the TV Series
There are many wonderful components of working in the semi-outdoors (I spend the majority of my time in a van), one of which is not tourist traffic of southwest Florida. People in Florida are either old, on Spring Break, or … Continue reading
