ST. AUGUSTINE – Lighthouses have a romance all their own. They are strong silent beacons rising in solitary splendor above the shoreline. The towers had keepers, rugged individuals and their families who lived right next-door and devoted their lives to…
Picking up the trash
We’re standing on a dirt road in Ocala National Forest, Marion County, Florida. Volunteers have turned out on a Saturday morning for a forest cleanup. None of us have ever met before. Retired folks, Boy Scout troops, men and women…
Give something of yourself to your mom
Mary Hunt writes about money matters. Her nationally syndicated column before Mother’s Day combined money matter with what really matters. Florists, she told her readers, will make a good third of their annual income on Mother’s Day. Restaurants do very…
Flowing into the future
HIGH SPRINGS – Fiddles finesse. Banjos bedazzle. Together they rush the country tune forward like a barrel tumbling in a fast current towards a waterfall. Happy dancers, laughing and smiling, twirl around the floor. Feet stomp on the old wood…
A full plate of art in Polk County, Florida
Like art? Polk County has a full plate. See Lucy’s story for Visit Florida Getaways, March 2007, on where to go and what to see (including upcoming art festivals) at: http://getaways.visitflorida.milesmediagroup.com/ezine/index.php?get_segment=387