I watched thefuneral proceedings broadcast from RonaldReagan's Presidential Library , which, as you may have surmisedfrom my eulogyblog , I have been to on more than one occasion. Television didnot do it justice, neither the building nor, especially, the view outthe back where the actual proceedings were held.          Theview from the back of the library is one of the most striking andbeautiful views ...

My bathroom doesn't have a lock. So when I'm in there, I place a jug of bleach against the door, lest the cat come nudging in for a look around. Today, as I reached down to move the bleach bottle, a slight scent entered my nostrils that instantly reminded me of Florida. Suddenly the warmth of the day and the sun streaming in took on new life. My bathroom melted away and became St. Augustine! Orlando! Tampa! I looked around for what that smell could have been. What's in my bathroom that ...

St. Augustine, Florida is "the oldest, continuously occupied settlement of European origin in North America." When I used my trusty Microsoft Bookshelf to verify I'd spelled St. Augustine correctly in my last article, it spit out this tidbit -- Human Rights and Social Justice, 1581 Spain's Philip II sends some of his black slaves to his Florida colony of St. Augustine. They are the first blacks to be landed in North America. Well, there's one that's not in the tourist pam...