James A. Jones Jr.
@J_A_JonesJr
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Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Author of memoir, “Oh, Darling!” Retired editor-writer (Bradenton Herald, New Smyrna Beach Observer & Clewiston News).
Bradenton, Fla.
Joined March 2009
We don’t see a lot of robins in Florida. The last one I saw was this one in 2023. Anyone seen a robin lately?
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Drafted into the U.S. Army this date in 1966. Basic training at Fort Benning, Ga. Retired 21 1/2 years later as a lieutenant colonel.
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I was watching. My whole family was watching. Became a fan right then.
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Beautiful day for a walk. Finally got a shorts-and-sweatshirt kind of a day. Yeah, it’s been cold, but not today. It’s still Florida. Except for the lawns, everything is still basically green.
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River otters have been hanging out behind our house for several weeks. Today, one was eating something as it floated on its back. Another took gave its fish a good, long chewing before swallowing. So different than the shore birds who wallow their prey whole.
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Sound the alarm: plans afoot to build cruiseship port in environmentally sensitive Manatee County area. My view: no way, now how.
bradenton.com
A cruise port could be devastating for wildlife, water quality and businesses that depend on a healthy environment, opponents say.
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Highway in the sky. Look at all the contrails over Bradenton this morning. Happy Friday!
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Even though meteorologists say there is a small chance of a snow flurry in the Bradenton, Fla., area this week, this is Mother Nature's current state of mind hereabouts.
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‘100% preventable.’ NTSB faults FAA for midair crash of jet and Army helicopter https://t.co/s1rrGeEnrV
newsobserver.com
The Black Hawk collided with an American Airlines regional jet over the Potomac River near Reagan Washington National in January 2025.
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Let the scramble to replace him begin. Vern Buchanan to retire after 20 years representing Manatee County in Congress. @RBallogg has the details. https://t.co/z1LOh3d4Da
bradenton.com
The Longboat Key lawmaker was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2006.
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On Jan. 27, 1970, John Lennon woke up with the idea for “Instant Karma” and wrote it in an hour. He went into the studio and recorded it the same day. Released in the U.S. on Feb. 20, 1970, it became the first million selling single by a solo Beatle. It’s a work of genius.
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We're back. Sandhill crane met us in the backyard and asked where we've been.
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All we needed to photograph what we saw in Hawaii was a smart phone, except for the whales. We saw whales, lots of humpback whales. But typically at a distance as they breeched and crashed back into the ocean near Maui. Fortunately, I brought along a small telephoto.
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Waimea Canyon. Island of Kaua’i. Mark Twain correctly called it the Grand Canyon of the Pacific. There was a hard, battering, cold wind blowing at the top.
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So long, Maui. On to the Big Island and the volcano tour today. We were going to do this cruise in 2020 for our 50th anniversary. But the pandemic intervened. So we’re traveling now to celebrate our 55th, which was In December.
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First time seeing a venting volcano. The Big Island, Hawaii.
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The view of Maui from the ship. Not bad. Not bad at all.
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Views in and around Maui today, including rebuilding in the wildfire area.
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