Amused and Amazed in Pinecraft Park
September 14, 2013
Take a look at this first photograph. Every time I go to Pinecraft Park I’m amazed that such jungle can be found 15 minutes from downtown Sarasota. The park—smaller, I think, than 10 acres—is riddled with criss-crossing paths, but the dense foliage makes the area seem much larger. Janet lost her cell phone there the last time we went, May 12 of this year. With so many winding paths to retrace and so much plant life possibly in the way, she didn’t have much hope of finding it. But another hiker she met on her quest asked her what she was looking for—and soon found it. This park is in the heart of Sarasota’s Amish suburb (about which the New York Times ran a story last year), and during another visit there we met a young Amish man who chatted with us about the birds in the park, somehow adding that he was a certified scuba-diving instructor.
Romancing Reality 