FIDEL CASTRO VISITS KEY WEST
I am into Fidel Castro this morning. Accidentally, inadvertently. I became interested in Castro and Key West in the years prior to his becoming the head of Cuba. Not much to report. A scarcity of...
View ArticleDOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON?
Trump sounds the drums of war. Bombs Syria and Afghanistan. Threatens North Korea with…..Everything is on the table! Trump, Secretary of Defense Mathis and Press Secretary Spicer announce a carrier...
View ArticleBIG LIPS, BIG BOOBS AND SENSITIVE NIPPLES
The Chart Room is an interesting place. All type conversations. A multitude of topics covered over the years. Never like last night, however. A woman’s lips, breasts and nipples. I did not participate....
View ArticleCROCODILE ON KEY WEST GOLF COURSE
There is a new crocodile on the Key West Golf Course. Nature is reclaiming its turf. I first became aware by reason of a comment in Citizens’ Voice this morning. Claimed a 7 footer was in the lake by...
View ArticleJORDAN AND ROBB…..WE MEET AGAIN
Yesterday busy. Day and night. All good things. The best last night at the Chart Room. I was looking for some one. Thought I would run into the person at the Chart Room. Stopped in. Looked around...
View ArticleTHE WEATHER…..KEY WEST AND ERIE, PA.
The weather outside is frightful….. For Key West, no. Erie, Pa., yes. A magnificent Christmas week weather wise. Eighty by day, 70 by night. No humidity. No air conditioning required at night. Open the...
View ArticleI MET A RAILROAD TRAIN CONDUCTOR
I met a railroad train conductor. A for real honest to goodness one. In his early 70’s. A conductor for 50 years. Still working at it. Goes by JJ. He has been a conductor on the Union Pacific all those...
View ArticleHEART OF AMERICA
The heart of America was represented in the Chart Room last night. The very spirit and essence. Family businesses. One, the Bair family. Ohio people. Have owned and operated Bair’s Concessions, Inc....
View ArticleWHO PUSHES THE CART?
Yesterday, a Key West day all day. Rare. The most important event was taking Terri grocery shopping at Publix. Donna is out of town for a week. Terri could not take herself. She is not driving any...
View ArticlePOLENTA
Enjoyed a light meal last night at Roostica. Meatballs and polenta. Sounds heavy. Mine was not. I ordered the appetizer portion. Polenta is an Italian dish. Cornmeal. Generally, boiled. Can be fried or...
View ArticleFEAR OF MOSQUITOES
Some people fear mosquitoes. More than just not liking them. Actually fear them. It is called insectophobia. Also, entomophobia. Defined as an unrealistic fear of one or more classes of insect....
View ArticleHAPPY FOURTH OF JULY
Happy Fourth of July! Independence Day. The birthday of our country. Two hundred forty two years old. It was July 4, 1776 at the Continental Congress in Philadelphia that the Declaration of...
View ArticleYOU WON’T BELIEVE…..PUBLIC URINALS
The modern world moves in strange ways. Paris and Berlin have a common problem. Men peeing in the streets. Big time! The ladies not at all. Arrests, fines, etc. have not solved the problem. Paris’...
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HOME AGAIN!
Home again! Never want to leave again! For medical reasons, that is. It was not the best of times. Five weeks. Just under one month in Miami’s Mount Sinai Medical Center. Two pacemaker surgeries, one...
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ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER BLOG
I am trying to move slow. Get back into things a step at a time. So far I have only been home two days. Effort! Big time! No rest. So bad that yesterday afternoon, I said screw it and went to bed at 2...
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BIDEN’S GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER SPENT A MONTH ON DRY TORTUGA DURING THE CIVIL...
President Biden’s great great grandfather was named Moses J. Robinette. During the Civil War, he was loyal to the Union. Though not in the Army per se, he worked on military grounds as a veterinarian....
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I’M A NEW MAN!
I’m a new man! No question about it. The heart surgeries have reenergized me. Especially the aortic valve replacement. My cane is no more. For 3 years I totally depended on it. Do no need it any...
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HE IS RISEN, HE’S NOT HERE…..EASTER SUNDAY MARCH 31, 2024
Easter Sunday is a major Christian holiday. Christ rose from the dead! Besides being celebrated religiously, the day also turned into a popular lay event. The Easter bunny, coloring eggs, egg hunts,...
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KEY WEST EMPTYING OUT
Tourism fluctuates in Key West. The population moves up and down depending on the time of the year. The “season” ends Easter Sunday. When I first began visiting Key West in the early 1990’s, half the...
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YOGI BERRA WISDOM
Words of wisdom sometimes come from the strangest source. Occasionally, touched with humor. One of the best were statements uttered by Yogi Berra. For example: “It ain’t over till it’s over.” Or: “You...
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