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....
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....
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...
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...
WILD THINGS: VEXED BY A DUCK
I hate chasing birds. And I hate getting up early. And, closing out my third decade living in the Keys, I don’t much like...
OPINION: WE CAN’T GIVE WHAT WE DON’T HAVE; TAKE CARE OF YOU
Just before Christmas I wrote an article encouraging each of us to reach out, help others and spread some holiday magic. The world was...
WHOA! SALVATION ARMY RED KETTLE DONATIONS UP OVER LAST YEAR. WAY UP.
We just completed another remarkably successful season for The Salvation Army Red Kettle Program in Marathon. I want to thank Winn-Dixie and Publix for...
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REVIEWS 2020 FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS
When we entered the new decade on Jan. 1, 2020, Monroe County looked forward to building a resilient community. We never imagined how that...
DOC: THE PROS AND CONS OF VEGETARIAN DIETS
My beautiful and healthy wife, Mindy, has been a vegetarian, specifically a lacto-ovo vegetarian, for over 18 years. She does eat milk-based cheeses and...
EMPATHY: PUT YOURSELF IN SOMEONE ELSE’S SHOES
Heavenly Creator,
Help us remember that the jerk who cut us off in traffic last night is a single mother who worked nine hours that...
