John Bartus
Hey, Mr. Tambourine Girl – Play a song for me…
Most of the people who visit the Keys are wonderful people with a real appreciation for our islands, our environment and our...
Larry Kahn – 56 is just too damn young…
I met Larry Kahn the first week he moved to the Keys. It was in the long-ago pre-smartphone-Internet days of 1994, springtime....
One Out of Five…Lies, damn lies, and statistics
We Baby Boomers will likely remember the old Trident gum commercials that used to start with the phrase, “Four out of five...
The Fragility of Life – Not going gentle into that good...
This past Tuesday, there was a very bad accident on U.S. 1 near the entrance to Fiesta Key Campground on Long Key....
The Original American Frenemies – An Independence Day Story
John Adams (our second president) and Thomas Jefferson (our third president) died within hours of each other on July 4, 1826 —...
The Original Lady – And how Universal Studio ad execs need...
Headlines were made in entertainment news recently when the country group Lady Antebellum decided to change its name to the simpler, less...
Welcome Back! Help us love you even more!
On June 1, the roadblock ended and visitors were welcomed back into the Keys. In the time between then and now, hotels...
Despair, Grief, Outrage – The crime? Living while black.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain...
Astronauts blast off from U.S. soil once again
Hopefully by the time you read this, two NASA astronauts — Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley — will have flown in the SpaceX Crew...
Doing the Right Thing? Fingers crossed as we begin our long-awaited...
As time moves on while COVID-19 still affects just about everything, we have come to the point many of us have been...