Last night Hania and I went out to dinner and on the way home stopped at Publix, where we lugged a bag of loose change we'd collected over the years, dumped it all into the coin conversion machine, and then, taking our receipt to the customer service counter, received bills that amounted to twice what we'd paid for dinner.
It's Good Friday, April 15. Death and taxes.
Ketanji Brown Jackson made the front page of today's Herald under the headline "From Miami to History."
I saw a demolition vehicle the other day with the words "WATCH IT COME DOWN" painted along its arm. And I thought that phrase could go on license plates as Florida's version of "LIVE FREE OR DIE."
One year ago today I underwent surgery at University of Miami Hospital to remove a tumor from the base of my tongue. It was the Monday of Holy Week and I was discharged on Good Friday, in a state of pain appropriate to the day.
A front-page story in this morning’s Miami Herald tells of a bobcat that attacked a python in the Everglades. And I immediately thought of Ukraine, where the local population is similarly defending itself against invaders.