Annual Good Friday cross walk held in Upper Keys
Upper Keys congregations gathered for the annual Good Friday cross walk on the morning of Friday, April 2. Following a prayer, a group departed from Spirit and...
‘Twas the night before Christmas
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro’ the house,Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,In hopes...
HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD AND AROUND TOWN
The Keys are home to a blessedly diverse group of individuals who bring Haitian, Cuban, Eastern European, Jewish and other customs to the islands. More than a...
HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD — HOLIDAY MAGAZINE
It’s easy to get stuck in our own ethnocentric celebrations of familiar holiday festivities, based on our religion, location, upbringing or ancestral traditions.
But let’s not forget that...
A TRANSFORMATIVE 2024: A PEAK AHEAD FOR EACH SIGN
Another new year is rapidly approaching, and, for many of us, that midnight threshold on January 1 presents a blank slate of possible futures. For those of...
HOLIDAY MAGAZINE: A McCARTHY CHRISTMAS CLASSIC
Old Man Winter settled in as December arrived in western New York. Snow sprinkled the lawns and the roads as Jack Frost nipped at the noses of...
HOLIDAY MAGAZINE: GETTING CHRISTMAS ‘RIGHT’
Something was off. Things were terribly amiss at our friends’ house across the street and I didn’t know what to do.
Everything looked the same — the house...
HOLIDAY MAGAZINE: THE GIFT THAT NEVER CAME
As a kid, most of our Christmases in the Rickert household were pretty epic. In last year’s Holiday Guide, I wrote about the year my sister and...
A CHRISTMAS STORY: BEHIND THE BUNNY SUIT
Released in 1983, “A Christmas Story” has become a classic holiday film. The fictional story follows Ralphie, a blond elf of a child played by Peter Billingsley,...
HOLIDAYS MAGAZINE: A TRULY FANTASTIC HOLIDAY SEASON IN 4 STEPS
As we all know by now, the holiday season steamrolls in earlier and earlier. Retailers are always anxious to get into our wallets, so why even bother...
