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Continue reading →Vol. I · No. 24 · The Weekly Issue · From Key West to the Panhandle
The FloridianReporting, fiction, criticism, poetry, and cartoons — from the peninsula
The Talk of the Beach
Notes from the causeways, the mangroves, and the CVS parking lot.
Comment, dispatches, and the small observations that keep a humid week honest.
Also in the talk of the beach
Dept. of Small Talk
The Publix Deli Man Who Remembers Everyone's Order
A slicer of Boar's Head who has been keeping the peace on Bird Road since 1993.
Dept. of Mitigation
The Hardening of Sandpiper Lane
In Naples, an octogenarian’s preparation for storm season becomes a lesson in architectural stoicism and administrative resistance.
Shouts & Murmurs
Revised Bylaws of the Whispering Palms Pool Committee
A dispatch from the front lines of recreational discipline in a retirement enclave near Sarasota.
Postcard from Cedar Key
Bivalves and Belonging on the Gulf Coast
An aquaculture pioneer faces the shifting seasons and warming waters of a quiet coastal outpost.
Dept. of Gastronomy
Crumbs of Consolation
Seeking the elusive perfect guava pastry amid the hum of air-conditioners on Calle Ocho.
A Reporter at Large
The Blue Spring Congregation
As the cold fronts move south, a volunteer warden observes the slow-motion gathering of marine giants.
The Financial Page
Cattle and Condominiums
A fifth-generation Osceola county rancher negotiates the relentless expansion of the tourist corridor.
Onward and Upward with the Arts
Landscapes in the Rearview Mirror
A small gallery on the Treasure Coast celebrates the enduring light of Florida’s midcentury self-taught painters.
Dept. of Horticulture
Epiphytes and Extortion
In the leafy avenues of Coral Gables, the disappearance of delicate tree-clinging specimens points to an obsessive underworld.
Shouts & Murmurs
Glossary of the Gulf Access Canal
Translating the subtle, semiotic language of waterfront listings in South Florida’s master-planned labyrinth.
Postcard from St. Augustine
Shadows on the Coquina Cooperatives
Navigating the historical phantoms and very real tourists who crowd the nation's oldest city at twilight.
Dept. of Public Infrastructure
High Tide and High Yachting
For the landlocked motorists of Palm Beach County, the rising of the bridge is an exercise in maritime resentment.
Annals of Transit
The High-Speed Oasis of the East Coast
A journey aboard the sleek new train reveals a changing landscape of concrete, citrus, and high-velocity ambition.
Dept. of Zoology
The Royal Squawk of the Canopy
In Miami's greenest neighborhood, the resident birds polarize a community with their plumage and high-decibel screams.
Postcard from Apalachicola
Low Tide on the Forgotten Coast
In a quiet fishing village, a retired dredger laments the changing bay while holding fast to old rhythms.
Dept. of Small Talk
The Order at the Deli Counter
Finding a transcendent sense of southern community in the queue for a customized cold-cut sandwich.
Dept. of Corrections
That Wasn't a Manatee, and We're Sorry
A quiet correction from the wildlife desk, filed under 'not our finest hour on the intracoastal.'
Postcard From Cedar Key
An Oyster Bar That Never Prints a Menu
Twelve stools, one chalkboard, and a philosophical objection to the concept of a website.
Shouts & Murmurs
Everything I Learned From My HOA's Ficus Hedge Subcommittee
A short humor piece about topiary, tribalism, and the passive voice.
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