Wow!!  Where did the past... year go?!  One day I write that I'm gearing up for winter, and the next day I get the computer out to write that it's July.  Not sure where those seven or eight months went!

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What a summer it was!  Many of my friends don't stay in Florida all year, but retreat north for the hot summer.  I get it!  For me personally, however, one way I embrace Florida's Gulf culture is toughing out…