Monkey Jungles and Snake Farms

I got on the Division of Cultural Affairs

in my newspaper column. I called myself

the toe-dance critic, because the cultural highlight

of the year was the Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite Recital

at Miss Fidditch’s Dance Academy. I said the State of Florida,

Florida – State of the Arts, and shuffleboard too!, was mostly

monkey jungles and snake farms. Arts activities that

directly support tourism. Silver Springs.

Ross Allen milking rattlesnakes.

The green park benches

in St. Petersburg.