DECEMBER 30, 2011 8:04PM

Photo- Yellow Brick Road

DECEMBER 28, 2011 8:08PM

Photos - Birds at Work in Black & White


 
Photos by Roy Hobbs 
 
 
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Osprey into a Summer Storm 
 
 
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Terns in Flight 
 
 
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DECEMBER 28, 2011 12:53PM

Photos: Blue Heron Tai Chi Master

 
My hope for 2012 ....that I will adapt to our world's ever growing sophistication and complexity as well as this Blue Heron.  
 
Whether it's to lead or follow.... being on the path is most important.  
This bird has been chosen himself to lead...I shall follow.
DECEMBER 24, 2011 9:38PM

Week-end Fiction. Split Decision

 

 

The party was over.  

My annual, Come as You Are  (but not unless you really have to)  Christmas Champagne Gala, Oyster Roast and Pet Rodeo was in  hibernation another year.

 The Bocas del Toro, my 48' 'gentleman's cruiser', live aRead full post »


The picture I took was of a young woman I knew, belly down on the tile.
 
Her body's bare, shower damp; all her of her length is tone and brown.
One of her arms is missing, you can't  see her head either;  not from this angle. Not standing… Read full post »
DECEMBER 18, 2011 6:30PM

In Places Like That. (cont.)


 

 

(Part 2.)

The layout was a narrow rectangle.

It was a room with three choices. Go left, sit at the bar. Go Right, there's a row of two-top's against the wall with clean plastic ashtrays waiting in their centers. Nobody ever… Read full post »

DECEMBER 17, 2011 8:44PM

In Places Like That.

 

"You're so weird. What were you doing in a place like that?"

"What was I supposed to do, sit in the car by myself and freeze to death?"

Her little sister didn't have an answer to that.

*

Inside, Jonas &Sons Pawn was dark. Outside, daylight was gray.

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We were standing side by side at the  double vanity getting ourselves ready for dinner.  I was nearly ready because, afterall,  I had had all day.   Kara was next to me but she didn't have her clothes on yet.   She shadowed her… Read full post »

OCTOBER 25, 2011 4:43PM

Picture of the Day

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Cropped from a family reunion picture of 15 or so.   She jumped into  the lens.

 A little pure optimism shared;  in a world of front pages these days devoid of that precious commodity.  

 

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APRIL 9, 2010 7:23PM

Florida Spring Flowers, etc.

 
 
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FEBRUARY 16, 2010 5:08PM

Fiction-Three Chord Verse

On  Labor Day weekend in 1987, a “lifestyle” writer from the NY Times,

spent  three full days bar hopping Key West.  To his editor,  he explained,
 
he was evaluating the “music scene”.
 
 When his article appeared in the "ARTS" section… Read full post »
FEBRUARY 16, 2010 9:59AM

The Day Our US Hockey Team Died

 
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There may be no “I” in “team”, but there sure is in “Miller.”

Real losers lose before the game even starts.  That's why this is a… Read full post »
DECEMBER 24, 2009 1:59PM

My Christmas Story - Can I Come Too?

 
The frigid air gathering in my yard this morning is not “fresh” or “nippy”.  It is not invigorating.  And it certainly doesn’t, as the chirpy guy at coffee this morning remarked, “remind you of real Christmas”. 

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DECEMBER 5, 2009 4:10PM

Me and Tiger

 

It's been almost a week now since the richest man in sports, with the gigawatt smile and (apparently) the self-control of a Tibetan Monk,  has be exposed for the lying scoundrel with all the morals of a starving alley cat,  he really is.  (Apologies to alley cats).   HoweveRead full post »

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MARCH 5, 2009 5:15PM

Where are the Rich Hiding ?



Another cold front’s uncurling across Florida and blowing hard; it’s licking up waves on the bay the size of manila envelopes and ripping open their papery tops. Same old shit.  I cursed the ugly sight out-loud and returned back inside my condo, pulling the sliding glass do

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 From Del Stone's "For me to have a good day....somebody must die.

" I work for a newspaper website and our visitors want death. Scandal, tragedy or perversion will do in a pinch but death is always the killer app for a multimedia information salesman."

 




The tone of Mr.… Read full post »

FEBRUARY 18, 2009 9:34AM

The Rich: Struggling in Naples


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"Come on,  hop in."  I was being invited to ride alond with Senior PGA "rookie" and longtime PGA touring pro, Dan Forsman and his playing partner 2-time Masters champion Bernard Langer for an afternoon "inside the ropes" at this week's ACE Group Classic in Naples, Flo… Read full post »
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FEBRUARY 14, 2009 7:27PM

Obama Report: Final Chapter

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Mercifully, my interview on the Channel 4 News at Noon! was muted on the small flat screen television hanging behind the lunch counter.  I’d dragged in maybe five minutes when it came on.  I gave the waitress a very tired looking smile and I’d ordered a burger,/

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FEBRUARY 13, 2009 10:02PM

Obama Report: Dangerous Tickets

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A few seconds ago, the Gulf swallowed the sun. Now everywhere along the sidewalks and crawling up the building facades, sharp, black shadows are out marking their territory. But thing's are moving fast, the planet's gliding that short, snapping arc of wintertime

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FEBRUARY 12, 2009 5:22PM

Obama Report: Fort Meyers, End of the Road

 
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I'd been heading south on I-75 for almost two hours when I lifted onto the shallow arch of the Peace Bridge and was now flying over the Caloosahatchee River.  Fort Myers, Florida.  Dead ahead.

As pretty of an evening as you could ask for.  The

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FEBRUARY 11, 2009 8:07PM

Picture: Barak in his Happy Place

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Barak in his Happy Place.  

I got close enough to see he was wearing a micro-wirless ear piece.

The next revolution for iPod.    Read full post »

FEBRUARY 11, 2009 7:30PM

Troll at the Podium


I have no real explanation for this.  But the troll made it to the podium at Obama's Town Hall meeting.  I was far across the room,  saw the hair,  turned and fired a shot.  Then the troll was gone.
 
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FEBRUARY 11, 2009 8:28AM

Personal Pictures: Looking into the Eyes of Obama

 
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Sercret Service w atching for the President in Florida. 
 
 
Roy Hobbs attended  The Town Hall Meeting in  Fort Myers yesterday.  For 90 minutes I squatted alone my camera, at times  almost  with-in arms reach of the President,  as he… Read full post »
FEBRUARY 7, 2009 9:16AM

Start Your Day with Some Cool Pictures?

Sometimes people ask about the camera.  What they're usually thinking is, " this thing of mine would never take a picture like that."   But in fact, while I use a decent camera,  it's certainly no where near the exceptional standards you can find now for around 600 bucks.  I useRead full post »

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FEBRUARY 6, 2009 9:36PM

Finding Salvation at Denny's

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 I can usually  figure things out.  But sometimes a thorny conundrum plants itself at my feet and remains there unmovable - inspite of my analytical efforts.  

So, when that happens,   I decide that either the question is so chaotically random - as in bRead full post »