FORUM Magazine Winter 2005

FORUM Magazine Winter 2005

I was paddling through the treetops of a Florida river the other Florida day, soaring through the foliage canopy like a giant bird. Heavy limbs of ancient live oaks were flopping lazily in the current as if they were metronomes keeping time to the river's pulse. The gunnels of my kayak came within a few feet of a tattered blue-jay nest still cradled in a branch. Other limbs bristled with the spiky leaves of pine bromeliads, and once with a green fly orchid, all just inches above the water.
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Table of Contents

Noble Waters
Florida's Rivers Wind Through Time and Touch the Soul
Story by Bill Belleville
Photographs by Jeff Ripple

Humanities Alive!
News of the Florida Humanities Council

Honoring Ancient Cultures

Creation Unfolding
Sebastion Inlet was a place of connection for a son and his father.
By Mark Jerome Walters

Looking for the Hillsborough River
A professor and his students wonder how to connect Floridians with their rivers.
By Thomas Hallock

'It's My River'
Tampa artist Gladys Kashdin portrays the Hillsborough in all its glory.
By Mary Mulhern

Hope for the Sacred River
Will our culture learn to honor the sacred in nature?
By John Moran

Paradise Restored?
Costly efforts are underway to reclaim 'Real Florida.'
By Christopher F. Meindl

Miami River: Host to History
From ancient to modern times, it has been a lifeline.
By Paul S. George

The Winds of Change
After four major hurricanes in one year, the Florida Dream endures.
By Gary Mormino