WILD THINGS: WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PAINTED BUNTINGS
The name bunting comes from a Scottish word that basically means plump. That seems judgmental. If they are plump, they are pleasingly plump, and no one talks...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: LEGISLATION WOULD NOT GIVE THE STATE CONTROL OF OUR PORT
As a native Key Wester, and local ships’ agent, I want to share why Senate Bill 426 and House Bill 267 are a vital protection for Florida’s...
There really is good music out there!
After the seventh installment of Songs I Never Want To Hear Again, perhaps it’s time to give props to some of the really good music being made...
KEEPIN’ IT SIMPLE AT SEA
I hail out of the port of Marathon, Florida, but about the time I see holiday stuff in the stores I start thinking of Junkanoo and coconut...
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER EXPLAINS SCHOOL SCHEDULE & PARENT SURVEY
(Editor’s Note: The following submission comes from Monroe County school board member Sue Woltanski.)
Get informed. Choose wisely.
On March 29, parents of 6-12th grade students in Monroe County...
WILD THINGS: THE SUBTLE GENIUS OF SWALLOW-TAILED KITES
The kite shot out from nowhere, just above the road, doing something of a bootlegger turn, its face angled one way, its body sliding another. Its wings were...
WILD THINGS: THE ART OF BLENDING IN
The wind made it difficult to think. Tilt your head the wrong way and your hat would fly off and tumbleweed down the beach. It didn’t matter...
BREAKING NEWS: TOP 10 TAKEAWAYS FROM SUPER BOWL LV
Sunday’s Super Bowl LV was tough to watch for Chiefs fans, who kept waiting for the team’s third-quarter magic to kick in….any minute now. Uh oh, this...
OPINION: WE’RE RAISING A GENERATION OF KIDS WHO CAN HANDLE THE BUMPS
As we entered March of 2020, nobody could have imagined how quickly or how drastically the world was about to change. Now looking in the rear view...
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,...
