Archive - Let Us Alone

If you haven't read Patrick Smith

...you're still a tourist.

Jun 17 • Gary Gillett

before first light the marsh was all scent, mud and sawgrass and cold that enters through the hands.

Jun 15 • Gary Gillett

a man who refused to say Miami any other way than the right way (My-Am-Uh)

Jun 14 • Gary Gillett

The Captain's Suit is Wearing Thin

Stripes on the water indicated a gale. What is a gale? He knows what KPI means. Twenty minute meeting, now on hour two. The accounts receivable lady…

Jun 12 • Gary Gillett

May 2026

We Drained It Once

The men who told us the Everglades was just swamp are back. They’ve brought lawyers.

May 29 • Gary Gillett

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