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.

Diesel Plant slated for Museum, Brewery in Key West

Just one year ago, a wrecking ball was inches away from Bahama Village’s Keys Energy Services diesel plant. Thanks to public outcry, the call...

The New Tax Plan: Breaking Down What it Really Means

Death and taxes: both are inevitable, neither is predictable.  President Donald Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, approved in 2017, is now taking effect and...

The ‘Lost Prince’ – Mewshaw writes of complex friendship with Conroy

Writers are innately complex. If they weren’t, they probably wouldn’t be writers, or at least not very good ones. Put two in a room,...

Two Paws Up! New Florida Keys SPCA Facility Opens

One of the most touching moments in literature was between a pig and a spider. “‘Why did you do all this for me?' he...

The Newlywed Game: 20 Questions with the Coopers

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