Tonight is (finally) the very first game for the 2013 Miami Hurricanes football team. Sure, it is a Friday night game; not the night typically reserved for the special college games, but a special night, nonetheless. Though it has been several years since I was actually a student at The U, the traditions and legacy... Continue Reading →
The Keys House
I was lucky enough to grow up in sunny South Florida, where I wore flip-flops all year round, and winter was only one week in January when the weather dipped below 60 for a couple of days in a row. I remember thinking as a kid that I never wanted to live anywhere else in... Continue Reading →
John Lennon Didn’t Play Football
This may be a series: Letters from my Aunt. My idea for this blog in the beginning was very different than most of the posts that I have been writing along the way. I saw this as a place to share stories; mainly historical stories about strangers. I never intended to share so many personal... Continue Reading →
November 11th, 1918
On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, an armistice went into effect between the Allied Nations and Germany after the war that we now call World War I. Back then, of course, it was called "The Great War" because we had not had a World War II yet.... Continue Reading →