by Stu Silver/ Uncle Zally / Zalman Velvel 5 AM … the Kangaroo Convenience Store in Ocala, Florida. It’s early February, early in the morning, around  5, and a bit chilly, 52 degrees.  The sun is not up yet, but there are people up, around ten of us, including employees, stumbling around before the 5:30 [...]

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By Uncle Zally / Stu Silver / Zalman Velvel    It’s mid-August and once again I was at the Kangaroo Convenience Store in Ocala, Florida.   There was no room at the two metal tables outside, so I stood by my car, sipping coffee and nibbling on a strawberry cheese muffin. I had my first cheese [...]

By Uncle Zally / Stu Silver / Zalman Velvel So I’m sitting outside the Kangaroo Convenience Store in Ocala, Florida, in July, sipping coffee and nibbling on a cheese muffin. (Never had one  before, so I had to try it.) It was a quarter to six in the morning, in July, and all the gas [...]