{"id":13358,"date":"2016-07-03T17:24:04","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T17:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/?p=13358"},"modified":"2016-07-03T17:35:37","modified_gmt":"2016-07-03T17:35:37","slug":"rainbow-key-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/rainbow-key-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow Key West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Life and Island Times July 2 2016 \u2013 Rainbow Key West<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/070216-1LIT.jpg\" alt=\"070216-1LIT\" width=\"402\" height=\"232\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/070216-1LIT.jpg 402w, https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/070216-1LIT-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><br \/>\nLegend has it that the rainbow was Yahweh\u2019s promise to Noah that he would never flood the earth again.   The ancient world had been cleansed and its rebirth had started<\/p>\n<p>Key Westers of the late 20th century morphed this recreation myth into its official slogan some quarter century ago &#8211; \u201cOne Human Family.\u201d  Islanders live and flourish in peace and harmony with no division but mutual respect and appreciation of each other&#8217;s gifts as well as of their differences.<\/p>\n<p>This coral speck paradise has a rainbow of people from its white knights, ladies of the night, men with red hands, sparkling orange drinks, lush green palms, yellow sugar crack, blue yonder of its skies and seas, indigo boys and violet femmes.  Their tales are well known to islanders, having seen them up close or read them in the papers.  Their stories can be alternately grotesque, disturbing, maddening, self-indulgent, brilliant, intelligent, hilarious, divine and loving.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday evening, W and Marlow observed a long lasting double rainbow as the skies cleared after a brief rain shower.  The double rainbow\u2019s secondary arc was fainter and above the primary arc.  They noticed something they had never seen \u2013 the secondary bow\u2019s order of colors was reversed with red on the inner side of the arc.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/070216-2LIT.jpg\" alt=\"070216-2LIT\" width=\"397\" height=\"292\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/070216-2LIT.jpg 397w, https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/070216-2LIT-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/070216-2LIT-382x281.jpg 382w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Rainbow Key West is promotional, emotional and spiritual:<\/p>\n<p>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/070216-3LIT.jpg\" alt=\"070216-3LIT\" width=\"360\" height=\"308\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/070216-3LIT.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/070216-3LIT-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/070216-3LIT-328x281.jpg 328w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><br \/>\nSign at the southern end of US route 1<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/070216-4LIT.jpg\" alt=\"070216-4LIT\" width=\"386\" height=\"221\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/070216-4LIT.jpg 386w, https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/070216-4LIT-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><br \/>\nFlag along Duval Street in 2003 celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Gay Pride flag\u2019s creation <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/070216-5LIT.jpg\" alt=\"070216-5LIT\" width=\"394\" height=\"260\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/070216-5LIT.jpg 394w, https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/070216-5LIT-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><br \/>\nRainbow crosswalks painted in late 2015 at the corner of Duval and Petronia Streets <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/070216-6LIT.jpg\" alt=\"070216-6LIT\" width=\"402\" height=\"184\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/070216-6LIT.jpg 402w, https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/070216-6LIT-300x137.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><br \/>\nOne Human Family<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2016 From My Isle Seat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life and Island Times July 2 2016 \u2013 Rainbow Key West Legend has it that the rainbow was Yahweh\u2019s promise to Noah that he would never flood the earth again. 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