Tag: natural Florida

• OUR URBAN OASIS

  

  A Place of Calm in the Middle of Chaos We live on the southeast side of Tallahassee, but when we drive a mile from our home to a city park, it’s hard to believe we’re so close to an urban area with a population of 200,000. We call it Piney Z after the name of…

  P. C. Zick

  August 12, 2025

  environment, Life in the United States, mindfulness, Ramblings of a Writer, travel, wildlife

  camping, Florida, Florida environment, hiking, kayaking, natural Florida, nature, outdoors, Tallahassee, travel

• WILD FOR FLORIDA WILDLIFE

  

  “Why aren’t there any mosquitoes when I visit Florida?” I was once asked. “Where do you go in Florida?” I asked. “To Disney World, Sea World – all those theme parks around Orlando.” I wondered how to reply without bursting this man’s image of “natural” Florida that exists within the gates of “unnatural” worlds made…

  P. C. Zick

  April 15, 2025

  Environmental Concerns, Life in the United States, Ramblings of a Writer, Trails in the Sand, travel

  alligators, coyotes, Disney World, Florida environment, Florida Fiction Series, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida wildlife, natural Florida, Sunshine State, tourists in Florida, wetlands, wildlife