Just keep packing
My parents, Andrew Hasebroock and Megan Dunne, were just friends during the 1998 fall semester at the University of Florida … Continue readingJust keep packing
When doing well doesn’t mean doing OK
I ran my finger around the edge of my glass, my tongue pressed flat against my front teeth as my mom threw out the same line I’d grown to dread, a song destined to never change tune … Continue readingWhen doing well doesn’t mean doing OK
There’s a rabbit on my couch
If a rabbit makes one mistake, it’s dead. Life is brutal for these innocent creatures, who serve as the perfect entrée for almost every predator and are constantly abused and neglected as pets. I should know. I’ve fostered two rabbits since 2019 and am now a mom to Cocoa … Continue readingThere’s a rabbit on my couch
‘A mess of happiness’
The pretzel rat’s five-year plan shrank to about five months. On the last night of a slimmed-down stint, she scrambled to assemble her mise-en-place … Continue reading‘A mess of happiness’
Gainesville’s local legend(z)
One Saturday in 2014, Tony Jones drove 45 minutes through the early morning darkness from his home in Starke to the Gainesville barber shop he opened earlier that year. He turned down Southwest 24th Avenue and pulled in behind his two-room studio before 7 a.m. He prepared the only chair in his shop and waited for what is normally the busiest day of a barber’s week.Â
And he waited … Continue readingGainesville’s local legend(z)