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About cdawg

Just another Cedar Keys wanna-be pirate.

Life In Cedar Key


This post has been underway for a few weeks, but I’m generally hesitant to write about this place. I don’t want to give anyone any ideas. At least not anyone among the few who might be interested in living in … Continue reading →

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Florida Keys: 2008 - 2014


For those of you who are just now tuning in, yep, we’re leaving the Florida Keys. The most commonly-asked question is along the lines of “But why? I thought you loved it here!” and they’re right. Mostly. It’s still an … Continue reading →

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Victory In Orlando


Here’s a long, picture-less post detailing one of the primary reasons I’ve been too busy to post this year. But it starts eleven years ago. And even though it’s a long story, it’s still only a summary, omitting dozens and … Continue reading →

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Home Sweet Home


As I write this, we are enjoying a day of sitting around at home in Bay Point. It took most of two months to throw out enough stuff, sell enough other stuff, and generally figure out which way is up. … Continue reading →

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Full Circle


Life as a renter in the Lower Keys has a lamentable drawback: When your lease is up, the landlord often has other plans, even though you’re the sort of never-late (always early, in fact) tenant that seems to be hard … Continue reading →

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Summer Madness


In Summer’s prime, G had an amazing birthday and we went on our annual vacation, which for some bone-headed reason, we tend to schedule at the height of H-season. As Summer waned, I gained some sort of insight about working … Continue reading →

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What’s Wrong With Levy County


The Beginning I’m not sure where this story really started, any more than I am certain of the beginning of a thunderstorm; One only knows when the deluge begins, not when atmospheric dust and water vapor came together to make … Continue reading →

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