Tag Archives: South Florida
Precognition
Precognition – glimpsing the future – has always fascinated me. My favorite movie about precogniiton is Minority Report, where those three precogs were kept in a pool of water, connected to electronic gizmos that recorded their dreams and visions. … Continue reading
The ROMAN EMPIRE
Recently I’ve been adapting an award-winning movie script called, Simon: Son of Star, into a novel. It’s an historical tale about an Israeli rebellion against the Roman Empire in the years 132-135 AD. Simon was a master swordsman who rose … Continue reading
BINX, THE SURVIVOR
On June 24 AT 1:25 A.M., the collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, killed at least 90 people and as of July 11, 31 are still missing. However, we learned that a black cat named Binx, who … Continue reading
The Power of an Image
Anyone who is even vaguely familiar with The Handmaid’s Tale – book or TV series – recognizes this iconic image. These are the handmaid’s in Margaret Atwood’s brilliant and visionary novel, The Handmaid’s Tale. The fertile women. The ones whose lives … Continue reading
WAITING
Hurricane Dorian was forecast to hit South Florida on Saturday, August 31. I returned from Orlando on Thursday, August 29, and encountered the effects of panicked hurricane buying – gas stations without gas, grocery store shelves empty of water, ice, … Continue reading
A Bureaucratic System
Hurricanes. I’ve lived with them since my parents first moved to South Florida in 1963. But in all those years, I’ve never lived in a house or apartment or or anywhere that was damaged enough in a hurricane that … Continue reading
WHILE WE WAIT FOR IRMA
Noah (big dog) and Nigel (little pup) are getting acquainted while we wait for Irma. The hurricane is forecast to hit the Florida keys as a cat 5, with winds of 160 mph. However, the track has shifted farther to … Continue reading