The blog from Down Yonder, Florida

Tales and adventures from the semi-tropical and completely imaginary Down Yonder, Florida.

Not just the Gulf…rivers & streams, too.

May 11, 2010
By Steve Hart
Not just the Gulf…rivers & streams, too.

Our creeks and rivers, bays and inlets, and the Gulf of Mexico were not meant to be a sewer.
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Treasures in Paradise…

March 9, 2010
By Steve Hart
Treasures in Paradise…

People who think the season never changes in South Florida just aren't payin’ attention. The bright red bottlebrush blooms, the scent of gardenias and jasmine, the fiery orange of the Poinciana and butterflies transfigured from caterpillars are all part of South Florida spring. The sun becomes suddenly much hotter as it crosses the Tropic of Cancer...
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The sacred Awa hili…

February 23, 2010
By Steve Hart
The sacred Awa hili…

The killing of an eagle was an event which concerned the entire village. The actual deed was undertaken only by a professional eagle killer, a man regularly chosen by the village for his knowledge of the prescribed prayers and ceremonies needed to seek forgiveness for the sacrilege.
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Dr. Frazier Azov explains Florida cold…

February 18, 2010
By Steve Hart
Dr. Frazier Azov explains Florida cold…

Lots of weird stuff happens when it gets cold in Florida. Things like coconuts shrink and fall off. In fact, the whole state contracts a bit, which widens the beaches and puts off for a while any discussion of sea level rise. It’s a sad sight to see pelicans warmin’ their beaks over electric heaters....
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Crocodile love on Valentine’s Day…

February 9, 2010
By Steve Hart
Crocodile love on Valentine’s Day…

“I’m on a special Valentine’s Day mission,” replied the old man. “I’m going out and findin’ me as much crocodile dung as possible ‘cause I’m gonna finally make that lady-friend I been courtin’ fall smack in love with me this year.”
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Pleasurin’ themselves for charity…

February 2, 2010
By Steve Hart

These hoity-toidies would rather get together in a big ol’ cluster and try to out-diamond each other – all the time thinkin’ they’re bein’ so egalitarian – than to get their hands dirty workin’ hard to reform the system toward some kind of economic justice.
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Cracker crime…

January 28, 2010
By Steve Hart

“Take crime, for example. Now, I admit we got our fair share of criminals: two-bit hustlers, robbers, cat burglars and former elected officials. “But Floridians can also get arrested for violatin’ a whole bunch of laws that you won’t even find in other states, felonies. All committed on the water. We got a bunch of...
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Heavenly Honeybells.

January 19, 2010
By Steve Hart

DOWN YONDER, FL. – It seemed incongruous on the surface, a plump orange bobbing peacefully on a clam Gulf of Mexico perhaps a few hundred yards off the beach. But there it was. How it got there is anyone’s guess. When people think of Florida they usually thing of two things: the beach and...
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