I’m a fourth-generation Floridian, raised in a time when stories traveled by voice, not wires.

In the 1960s and 70s, before the glow of screens and the hum of the internet, my world was shaped by evenings spent listening. My grandfather was my hero. He was a master storyteller, the kind who could turn a simple fishing trip into an epic and stretch a memory just far enough to make it shimmer. Some of his stories were true, some were tall tales, and most lived somewhere deliciously in between.

Those stories did more than entertain. They taught history without lectures, values without sermons, and curiosity without instruction. Florida came alive through his words. Its swamps, coastlines, storms, and characters weren’t just places or people. They were living chapters.

This site exists to carry that tradition forward.

Here, Florida’s history, folklore, oddities, and overlooked moments are gathered and retold for the digital age. Not as dusty facts, but as stories meant to be felt. Stories that linger. Stories that spark imagination the way they once did on front porches and kitchen tables.

At the heart of it all is a belief in the psychology of storytelling. Humans remember stories longer than data. We connect through narrative. A well-told tale can shape identity, preserve culture, and quietly teach us who we are and where we come from.

These are memories reclaimed, tall tales reimagined, and Florida’s past given a living voice again.

Welcome to the stories.
They’ve been waiting.