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March 2009

Remembering where we are

March 28, 2009

click here for larger image There are times when the sound of the gulls echoes just right; when the humidity, temperature, and strength of the breeze is just right; or when perhaps you see some little visual reminder; and, you remember just where you are, living on a peninsula between a huge bay and an [...]

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Hook’s Sushi Bar and Thai Food

March 25, 2009

click here for larger image If you look back over the different Inkwatu food posts, you’ll notice three St. Pete restaurants I’ve covered that have sushi bars: 2009/01/31: BKK Thai Cuisine and Sushi Bar 2008/09/13: The King and I 2008/05/10: Ichiban Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar Today’s post, Hook’s Sushi Bar and Thai Food, adds [...]

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Spring!

March 21, 2009

click here for larger image Spring officially began yesterday at 7:44am. But those of us with allergies, especially oak allergies, already knew it was here. My apologies for the brevity of this morning’s post, but my army of antihistamines, decongestants, cough syrups, eye drops, expectorants, and analgesics has been totally overwhelmed by this year’s high [...]

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Feeding the Ducks

March 18, 2009

(Note: all the pictures in this post link to larger images in Flickr;just click on the images you see here.) Recently, I had the opportunity to visit a city park in Atlanta with my son and feed the bevy of ducks that live there. At the time, I didn’t know that it’s not good to [...]

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An Irish feast

March 14, 2009

click here for larger image FRESH IRISH SCONES A number of years ago there was a tiny book, How the Irish Saved Civilization (Hinges of History), that enjoyed a surprising success at sales. Its success seemed unlikely because it was a book on a rather narrow aspect of culture and history written by an academic [...]

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German bread, pastries, and very fresh fish

March 11, 2009

(Note: all the pictures in this post link to larger images in Flickr;just click on the images you see here.)   There are three booths at the St. Petersburg Saturday Morning Market that I didn’t cover in my earlier post about the market. These vendors have become important mainstays of my weekly shopping (the market [...]

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In Our Nature

March 7, 2009
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click here for larger image MINIATURE BOUQUET Once, while visiting San Francisco, a friend who was also there visiting, picked me up to go out to dinner. He was very excited and handed me a self-help book. He’d bought a copy for himself and a copy for me as a gift. This was not a [...]

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2008 Inkwatu Favorites

March 4, 2009

Hawaii, Waikiki Beach at sunset It’s been one year, almost to the day, since I began the Inkwatu blog. I had no idea how much personal satisfaction writing the articles and taking the pictures would bring. Greater, by powers of 100, than I could ever have guessed. I recommend, wholeheartedly, to anyone, the experience of [...]

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