What would you write one about?
| Forward this to a friend Subscribe to more newsletters |  | | [The Weather Channel screenshot] | | In memory of spring weather, cool mornings and unfrazzled hair | Last week, as I stepped out of my house to take my 10-year-old to school, a wave of heavy heat hit us. No! It’s too soon! How are we already in the miserably hot weather season?
I checked the forecasts, and lo, it was true. Our pleasant spring weather in Tampa Bay is nearly gone. As a Missourian, I mourn each year. (And as a Missourian, I forget that in the winter.) A few years ago, I spoke with people about what they were losing with the end of good weather and wrote an obituary for it all.
It began with this:
Lovely weather passed through the atmospheric veil in Tampa Bay recently, making way for mucky mornings, churning air conditioners and premature tropical tempests.
The shift to storms and sweat happens every year, of course, and leaves residents with the ominous knowledge that summer is coming (and it’ll stick around through November).
We remember pleasant weather fondly.
I’d love to see your ideas for other seasons, places or inanimate objects that deserve a proper sendoff. Email them to me at khare@poynter.org. | | | This week’s obits | Here are some obituaries from the past week that I found in the obits section of the Tampa Bay Times. If you see any with great details, please share them.
• Ronald Basara, 52, of Belleair Beach “was an avid fisherman, but an even more avid sunset-watcher. His most cherished activity was walking across the street to the beach after a long day and casting a line, admiring the wildlife and setting sun with his family by his side. The beach is where he found peace and nourished his soul.”
• Barbara Reese, 81, of Tampa “retired from Hillsborough County Sheriff Dept. as a Lieutenant after serving 23 years.”
• Anthony Fortunato, 99, of Largo “worked for the New York Police Department from 1951-1976. Prior to 1951, Tony was a seamstress, jeweler, and watchmaker and from 1941-1945 he was in World War II as a Sergeant, Carbine Marksman, photographer in the 575th Bombardment Squadron in air offensive Europe, and Crooner in the Army Air Corp Jazz Band.”
• Julio Palomino, 74, of Tampa “was always on the chase for the next adrenaline rush or physical challenge to embrace. Whether it was earning a national free diving spearfishing title, scuba diving, fishing, hunting, becoming a pilot, racing motocross bikes, or taking a ride on his prized Harley Davidson, he was a true cowboy at heart.”
• Merrick Pitts, 97, of Tampa “was a Hillsborough County School Social Worker for 30 years.” “Merrick’s family came to the Tampa area just after 1900 settling in Hillsborough and Manatee Counties. Her great-grandfather built sections of the first railroad into Tampa and beyond to the south. Family members owned and developed Wimauma, which is named after her grandmother and her sisters.”
Thanks for reading, hug your people,
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