Holy cow! I’ve got a crisis! In my backyard the monarch caterpillars have chomped through all the leaves on the milkweed plants and they are still hungry. The very last milkweed has five, count them FIVE caterpillars and only TWO…
Lessons Learned from Stranded Starfish
Note: This is a true story Starfish were the last thing on my mind as I began my beach walk. My footsteps made no sound on the fog-shrouded beach. I searched the sand for telltale signs of tracks leading out…
Wading trip – Get Wet and Wild in Punta Gorda
What’ in a wading trip? Get wet, get happy, learn new things. Are we fourth graders on a field trip? Heck no. We are adults at the annual Florida Outdoor Writers Association Conference held last week in Punta Gorda –…
Grandma Rie’s Bodacious Biscotti
Grandma Rie’s bodacious biscotti started in childhood. Back in the dinosaur days before computer games and cell phones, most kids played outside, riding bikes, playing baseball, doing anything to stay out of the house until dinnertime. But not Maria Muscalo.…
Photographs of Life Moments at Villa Lucia
Photographs. As a reporter it used to get to me when people said “a picture is worth a 1000 words”, hey, I was the one writing those words! Why should the photographers have all the fun?But sometimes they do. This…