By Marc Fest
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I write simple essays like the ones below about my experiences living on the edge of the Everglades near Key Largo in South Florida. All of them are true stories.
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Brownie
For an afternoon this Sunday, I thought Brownie was dying.
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The Happy Tree
There is a particular tree in front of the south side of our Everglades home that David and I call “the Happy Tree.”
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Baby Hawk
Whatever you want to call it, it began sometime around October, almost two and a half years ago. It was just before the beginning of the pandemic.
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Bradley
Selling tegus has become a “pain in the ass,” my friend Bradley tells me the other day. He’s come by to have me teach him–again–how to fly his DJI 4 Phantom drone.
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When David cuts my hair
When David cuts my hair, he asks me to bring out the orange extension cord to plug in the electric clippers.
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When my dog sighs
When my dog sighs
I sigh
To be in sync
(poem)
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Marc is a communications coach helping people attract more interest to their projects by changing how they talk about them.