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Downtown historic Melbourne has food and fun
Downtown historic Melbourne has food and fun

Downtown historic Melbourne has food and fun

It is not my fault. Someone has to bite the calories, taste the Grimaldi handmade chocolates then report to you. That would be me. I bravely walk into their store on Waverly Place in Melbourne. The vats for making chocolate…

Rain Barrels are a win-win for the Environment
Rain Barrels are a win-win for the Environment

Rain Barrels are a win-win for the Environment

As I sit here looking out the studio window, big, billowing white clouds are scudding out of the west, moving fast heading east to the Atlantic Ocean. Yesterday bands of rain came through town. Every 30 minutes or so another…

Visit Sarasota if you want to be invigorated
Visit Sarasota if you want to be invigorated

Visit Sarasota if you want to be invigorated

Want to be invigorated? Then my advice is – visit Sarasota soon. Why? For starters, here are five why’s: Be stimulated = Sarasota boasts a playbill loaded with award-winning arts and culture venues. These events don’t take a breather for…

Sea Turtles lay eggs in summer months
Sea Turtles lay eggs in summer months

Sea Turtles lay eggs in summer months

As she labored, stars sparkled like diamonds embedded in the midnight sky.  The sea breeze carried exotic aromas – seaweed, fish and ocean salt overlaid with faint suggestions of faraway places. A female loggerhead turtle dropped white, golf ball-sized eggs…