More than Writers

I was writing this as Florida was being ravaged by Hurricane Irma.  Irma has torn through Naples, a beautiful seaside resort, with a wide, sandy beach, lined with old fashioned clinker-built houses, with raised verandas, seemingly straight out of 'To Kill A Mockingbird' (although, I know, TKAM is set in Alabama, which has also been hit).  I visited Naples in 2008.  It’s surged through Sarasota, converting streets into rivers.  In 2008, we shared a house in Sarasota in 2008, with our wonderful friends, Alan and Sheila, who are (thank God) safe and in north London.  I remember sitting outside with them, in late October, at a cafe in Sarasota, at peace and relaxed, drinking gallons and gallons of black coffee from a metal jug.  But, this last Monday, my Facebook writer friend, Yvette, posted this - from one of the wealthier areas of the United States:  I feel as if I've been through this emotional process all before, a few weeks ago, when Hurrica...