Jan Norris: Writer, Editor, Floridian

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Jan Norris: Writer, Editor, Floridian -- A flock of flamingoes preen in the shallow flooded agricultural fields near Belle Glade, Florida. Most flamingoes seen in the wild in Florida were once captives that have escaped; however, they establish small breeding colonies now and then. They get their bright pink coloration from eating shrimp and other small crustaceans found in the water. (Photo by John Lopinot)

Entries Tagged as 'Old Florida'

Osceola, the Beautiful Florida Turkey

November 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Jan Norris writes at all hours of the day and night. To keep up with Jan, please sign up for her once-a-day Appeteaser. We have a no-spam guarantee and you can opt out of the email Appeteaser anytime you like. Of, if you’re more of the RSS sort, you may subscribe to her feed.A little homage [...]

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Tags: Old Florida · Recipes: What's Cooking! · Southern Roots Run Deep · Today in the World of Food

Old Florida For Sale

November 18th, 2008 · No Comments

My good friend Chuck Keefer has a new blog about the area, full of photos that are especially drool-worthy if you’re somewhere gray and dreary and snow-possible.
A recent post talks about a big (expensive) piece of history now up on the block: Parcels of the estate formerly attached to the oldest house on the island (Island is Palm [...]

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Land Crab Season

September 19th, 2008 · 6 Comments

I went to lunch with the Post’s oped editor, Lou Ann Frala today and she was freaking out. She saw her first land crab. “I nearly ran off the road — I couldn’t take my eyes off this thing. It was going across the road and I couldn’t believe how HUGE it was! I went [...]

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Florida Grapes in Hawthorne

September 10th, 2008 · No Comments

My parents retired from Fort Lauderdale to a few acres in a sleepy little town in north-central Florida called Hawthorne. It’s little more than a stop in the road (U.S. 301 at S.R. 20), but it’s full of charm and very nice people. It has a ton of pecan trees all around, there are peanut fields up [...]

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Chocolate Milk Origins

September 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

It always amazes me that many who move to the overdeveloped edges of South Florida are surprised to learn how big this state is in agriculture. Tourism may be big on the coasts, but toward the center of the state, it’s all ag.
We rank high in almost all categories of foods that we produce: Winter [...]

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The Keys I Miss

August 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

(Note: The links in this post take you to old postcards from the Florida Photographic Collection, maintained by the Florida State Library. It’s part of the State Archives.)
The trip earlier this summer to the Keys just made me nostalgic for what was. I passed far too many cars, condos, new developments and shops on the [...]

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