Karen's Beach Blog

Realtor, if there is conferate jasmine present on the property filtering the air with the power of it sultry bloom, you will sell that house in April. A true Florida garden contains confederate jasmine.  A true Florida gardener waits all year for April, the month the Confederate jasmine deems fit...

The Color of Beaches A Thousand Beaches And only One Sunset Highlighting Pure Pearl Floridian sand New England's Brown crystalline dirt Tourists in winter painfully Pink President of South Africa President of America Both Amazingly Black, Purple streaks in the sky Give way to night A sultry sultr...

If there's a wedding taking place at sunset along the Fort Myers Beach coastline of Florida, it must be springtime.  I performed a wedding ceremony this past weekend.  The sunset was kaleidoscopic; the bride was nervous; the weather was perfect.  In moments such as these standing there witnessing...

They say that she is lying unconscious in a hospital bed, dying of cancer.  How can they possibly be?  I remember this young child, a little girl, watching her every week in this silly TV show, you know the one, the one about three female detectives, all beautiful, sophisticated and caring.  The ...

Come April, if you are walking or running along Fort Myers Beach, Florida, you'll most likely see a wedding taking place somewhere on our seven mile stretch of white sand.  The white sands just outside of the Pink Shell and Diamonhead are popular spots for beach weddings, but you don't need the s...

November Novel Writing Month has been taking place for years.  Run by www.nanowrimo.org, you may go to that website for more information.  It's a little late to sign up now, but there's always next year. The point is to write a 50,000 word novel in one month.  I decided to try it this year.  I wr...

On a cold morning here on Fort Myers Beach, with the election right around the corner, I'd like to share some quotes, not from Obama or McCain,but  from a great past American President, John F. Kennedy. On Democrats Vs. RepublicansWe have all made mistakes. But Dante tells us that divine justice ...

This poem was inspired by the fact that I no longer know or care that I don't know the latest music.   The Last Rock Stars  Firstly, there was Bob a folk artist going astray Neil from the north country strumming and strunged out Eric making love to his guitar and George's alluring wife Jethro hyp...

The Long Hot Florida Summer is finally over. As I sit in the office at the computer here on this little island, Fort Myers Beach, windows open, I feel the longed for cool breeze on my shoulders(to northerners, this would, most likely, feel like a warm, summer breeze). Below are memories from Sum...

It will be coming upon 10 years since we purchased our home on Fort Myers Beach.  That seems like a long time to me.  People think of island communities as being filled with tourists and transients.  But, in fact, there are many long time residents here among the approximate 6500 full time reside...