Veering far afield from her native Finland, Jansson (of Moomin fame) writes of the denizens of St. Petersburg, Florida, and its retirement community. They live in retirement hotels, within walking distance of the piers and parks, not to mention the Bounty. Built as a full-scale replica for the 1962 movie Mutiny on the Bounty, it served as a tourist attraction connected with the St. Petersburg Museum of History from the mid-60s through the mid-80s, and its masts are easily viewed from the porches and verandas […]
Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair
Sun City by Tove Jansson
