READING BETWEEN THE PINES

Tag: Florida

  • Ode to An ’80s Tan

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    Stacie Chadwick
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    It’s that time of year again, when families with an average of 1.86 children* and access to some type of motorized vehicle migrate south for a week of fun in the sun, or rather, hopefully not killing each other while suffocating under three layers of UVB protective clothing. I can’t help but get a little…

  • Coming of Age in a Jeep Wagoneer

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    Stacie Chadwick
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    During a Christmas break sophomore year in college so lame it seared a slow burn straight through the shelf, my mother released me from the death-grip of boredom and into the open arms of memories being made. The call to adventure went something like this: Susie, college friend from not-so-sunny Cleveland: “Hey Stacie, wanna go…