Sanibel is the larger of two islands in the Gulf of Mexico off of Fort Myers, Florida. The smaller island is Captiva and my family has a history there. Around 1934, my grandfather built a house on Captiva, which was, back then, connected to Sanibel by a modest wooden bridge with a span of perhaps 70…
The Crescent, Amtrak’s train 19, was on time when I boarded in Baltimore and remained more or less on time all the way to New Orleans . . . running on time for a day and a half is not an everyday occurrence in the life of a Crescent crew member. My car attendant acknowledged…
I’ve been having persistent problems with this damn blog. I am unable to figure out why I am sometimes unable to get a space between paragraphs. For example, there should be a space between this line and the previous one. If there is, I have no idea why; if there isn’t. . . well, damn,…