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Are Allergies Something Fairly New?

Posted by gil on September 11, 2009

I had never heard about allergies before 1993, when I moved to the United States.

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If You Can’t Swim, You’ll Drown..

Posted by gil on August 29, 2009

Most people here in Florida know how to swim. Actually, these days, most people know how to swim, period. Our parents may have loved the water, or imagined us kids falling in a pool and drowning. So, we took swimming lessons, and for most of us, it was great fun. Aside from the undeniable fun [...]

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Happiness and Vegetable Soup.

Posted by gil on January 15, 2009

I hear too many people telling me how they found this new philosophy or spirituality that surely will make them happy. Usually it’s fairly complicated, involves Eastern customs and an old man with a beard wearing a bed sheet. I’m not knocking Eastern Philosophy. It just seems to me that anyone who has some ability [...]

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How to Photograph a Lightning Storm.

Posted by gil on December 23, 2008

Photographing a lightning storm is easier than it seems, assuming you have the right camera and a bit of luck and patience. The same technique applies to fireworks. People wonder how I took the photo below right when lightning struck. I’ll let you in on the secret… I didn’t. No amount of expresso could make [...]

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Armadillos Are Pretty Blind.

Posted by gil on May 6, 2008

Taken while camping at the Myakka State Park in Sarasota Florida.

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