Hays Blinckmann

Hays Blinckmann is an oil painter, author of the novel “In The Salt,” lover of all things German including husband, children and Bundesliga. She spends her free time developing a font for sarcasm, testing foreign wines and failing miserably at home cooking.

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Cool, way cool, über cool, that’s how to describe Key West’s first ever Photography Festival this Feb.8- 11th. Inspired by a festival in Peru...

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The band Better than Ezra started in the ’90s, but a lot has happened since then for singer-song writer Kevin Griffin. His musical career...

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