KEYS WOMAN: I SURVIVED…MY 20s IN KEY WEST’S DARK AGES

OK, let’s lighten things up a bit. We themed this issue of Keys Woman around survival, basing the decision on October being Breast Cancer Awareness...
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MILES TO GO: THE WORLD ACCORDING TO BOB

I long ago reached the unsettling realization that everything my parents told me is generally correct, despite my best and repeated efforts to prove...
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MILES TO GO: FAREWELL, MY DOWNSTAIRS FRIEND

He was known by a few different names. It was Eddie to many. It was the more formal Edward Zagorda on the plaque that used...
a group of people posing for a picture

MILES TO GO: FAREWELL, MY DOWNSTAIRS FRIEND

He was known by a few different names. It was Eddie to many. It was the more formal Edward Zagorda on the plaque that used...
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MILES TO GO: BATTLE OF THE SEXES

Stan looked at me as if I had grown four heads the other night. I was sitting on the couch opposite him, muttering darkly under...
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MILES TO GO: THE THINGS WE SAY — AND THEN GOOGLE

Quarterback Joe Burrow replaced Patrick Mahomes as the highest-paid NFL player. Dentists have a higher-than-usual rate of suicide allegedly because their clients always hate coming...
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MILES TO GO: THANKS, JIMMY, FOR SHOWING ME WHERE I BELONG

I knew he was born on Christmas Day 1946. I knew his wife’s name, his kids’ names and the background stories to many songs. I'd...
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MILES TO GO: I’M GIVING IT A SHOT

Let’s talk about the thing that everyone — and no one — is talking about. The skinny shots. That’s my oh-so-technical term for the semaglutide...
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MILES TO GO: LOADS OF LOVE MAKES LIFE — AND LAUNDRY — EASIER

Clean laundry shouldn’t be considered a luxury. But in homes without a washer and dryer — and there are plenty in Key West —...
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MILES TO GO: WHAT’S WRONG WITH PEOPLE?

What is wrong with people? Never mind, don’t answer that. Don’t even try, because I’ve given up. Instead, I’ll just complain about people, specifically about the...