Anecdotal

Category: Anecdotal

Step into the shoes of First Coast locals with our Anecdotal section, where everyday stories paint a vivid picture of life in Jacksonville. From heartwarming encounters and quirky local traditions to personal triumphs and community spirit, we share the real, unfiltered experiences that capture the essence of our unique coastal haven.

Write ’till You Die

It all started around 1960 when she got a job directing a choir at a small Methodist Church.  On examining the limited choral library, she

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PROM PROMISES

us: Dance, dance, dancehim: Pretty Womanme: My Guyhim: Baby, I need your lovingme: Can’t buy me lovehim: The times they are a’changingme: I want to

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JOHNNY DAZE

Setting: Johnny sleeping in bed. His mother enters the bedroom. Mother: Johnny dear, Time to get up and get ready for school. Johnny: (he turns

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SUNSHINE STATE CHRISTMAS

YULETIDE IN FLORIDA, WHAT A SIGHT TO BEHOLDTEMPS IN THE 80s WHILE YANKS HAVE FREEZING COLDNO WHITE STUFF FALLING, PALM TREES ALL GREENBLIZZARDS DOWN HERE

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WINGED WISDOM

“She’s in heaven with the angels,” I responded to my grandson’s question about the passing of my mother. Weeks later when the three-year-old returned from

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ONCE A MAN, TWICE A CHILD

Old age recycles the bodyInfant once pink turns blueNature recalls with rapid speedTo complete life’s circle anew Fuzzy hairs on baldy topSteps and thoughts are

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Our Obsession with “New”

We are inundated with stories, television shows, blogs, recipes, hacks and a neverending stream of social media posts that obsessively focus on “what’s new” or

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Hypothesis of Generosity

So, I pulled myself off the too-often-climbed-on ledge of self-righteous upset and took a deep breath and waited.   ~~~~~ “Where are they?” Like most craftsmen

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ARBOREAL LAMENT

Icrywe diewe stood talldaily we all fallmy friend the mighty oaktrunk and limbs lying brokeleafy forests now burn and slashcrumbling into mounting piles of ashsmell

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