Comments for Being Myself

Comment on Help out a good guy by Stephen Parrish

Stephen Parrish — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:56:14 +0000

Thanks John. Your piece is still one of my all-time favorite stories.

Comment on Help out a good guy by John Kauffman

John Kauffman — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:13:55 +0000

Thanks Wendy! You did a GREAT job on the cover.

Comment on Help out a good guy by Wendy Russ

Wendy Russ — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:04:21 +0000

Hi John! I’m looking forward to reading the piece you have in the anthology! Nice to “meet” you.

Comment on Canadian Cold by Richard

Richard — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:38:23 +0000

The slogan for Buckley’s, as Becca said, is: It tastes awful but it works. I never knew that I was invented in Nova Scotia. Thanks!

Comment on Tight with my right by Richard

Richard — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:35:09 +0000

You write about pain so engagingly!

Hope you feel better soon.

Comment on Canadian Cold by Becca

Becca — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:38:43 +0000

Damn, you’re on to us!!! (and Buckleys is nasty but it works!)

Comment on Life changes by John Kauffman

John Kauffman — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:16:28 +0000

It took a while for me to appreciate Florida. As a kid coming from New England, it was hot, flat, and boring.

Ironically, it became home when I left home. Bicycling across north-central Florida while I was in school in Gainesville opened my eyes. It was more than beaches and over-development.

It’s still a bit uncomfortable in summer though. And politics? At the state level? Steve, it hurts. Please, make it stop.

Comment on Life changes by Stephen Parrish

Stephen Parrish — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:02:24 +0000

Sink hole? I thought you meant stink hole.

Srsly, I’m a cartographer who knows his karst. You can mention that to people if you want: “Steve knows his karst.”

Anyway, I came to love Florida while visiting on business for years and years. I love everything about the state, except the politics and the stink holes.

Comment on Life changes by John

John — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:40:24 +0000

Thanks Steve!

I don’t know why we fool around with oranges on our license plates. Many of our orange trees were destroyed by weather or disease years ago – especially if you live in north or central Florida.

Methinks a sink hole would be a more appropriate representation of the state – that or a strip-mall.

I suppose oranges and beaches are better marketing though.

Comment on Life changes by Stephen Parrish

Stephen Parrish — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:27:48 +0000

Loved this post, John. I’ll never think of Florida again without thinking of cars only being wrecked on the left side and houses being swallowed up by the Earth.