OPINION: MY HOLIDAY UNDOING
“Finished,” I said brightly. “Packed up, put away. Look at me, being all productive on a chilly Sunday.”
I was talking to Stan on the couch behind me,...
OPINION: MILES TO GO — A SHORT RANT ABOUT TRIVIAL MATTERS
I realize there are enough truly troubling problems in the world today without me piling on with my own petty complaints. But I can’t be the only...
LET’S ROLL — BOCCE IS BACK IN KEY WEST
Masked men hefted coolers from car trunks and called insulting greetings across the parking lot the way guys do.
With rosters finalized and last-minute calls made to missing...
OPINION: ‘LOVE’ ISN’T A STRONG ENOUGH WORD FOR MOMS
‘Love’ isn’t strong enough.
Our language is woefully inadequate. How can the word that describes our affection for, say, a favorite sweatshirt, be the same one we...
TAKE A SEAT: SIDEWALK CAFES ADD FLAVOR TO KEY WEST
Whoa, wait a second. What just happened?
Did a whole bunch of Key Westers just manage to agree on something?
Did city government employees, politicians and business owners just...
KEY WEST SHELTER CAT MAKES OUR HOME HERS
Our new roommate sleeps in a wastepaper basket (after she knocks it over to empty it).
She follows us into the kitchen. On every trip — no exceptions....
DOCKING FOR DUMMIES
"Honey, honey, get the fenders ready. Port side, PORT, that's LEFT, no, MY left!
Jesus, this slip’s tight. When did this wind kick up? And where did this...
AIR TRAVEL: WHAT HAPPENED TO FLYING THE FRIENDLY SKIES?
Remember how dignified air travel used to be, with hot meals, a choice of entrees, even warm chocolate chip cookies baked right on board those former Midwest...
COLUMN: MY 20s WEREN’T ON FACEBOOK (THANK GOD)
My 20s weren't lived online. They weren't posted, shared, liked, judged and sharply criticized, not on Facebook or any other digital platform.
Don't get me wrong. Those and...
MEET KEY WEST’S HOMETOWN FIGHTER SQUADRON
We hear them more often than we see them, depending on weather and altitude, but their sound is unmistakable, approaching as it does like a rising wall...
