Big Lanark yard sale Nov. 4-6
Hi Y’all, Happy Halloween
What a beautiful weekend. I hope that you did something fun, even if it was going out to work in your yard, or decorate for Halloween.
Thirsty Thursday
Savoring blackberries from Panther Swamp
I grew up a few hundred feet from a swamp, specifically, from Panther Swamp. Our home was on St. Joe Beach, just off Georgia Avenue, and when we moved there in 1978, no one lived on the swamp side of
Bridging the divide: Bryant Patton’s legacy unites in Apalachicola
When Jim Patton was a boy growing up in the 50s and 60s in Apalachicola, the only son of a father and mother who would each represent the region as state representative in Tallahassee,
Apalachicola library to host Family History Friday
In honor of Older Americans Month first designated by John F. Kennedy, the Apalachicola Margaret Key Public Library is announcing its status as a FamilySearch Affiliate Library,
Remembering a passion for drive-ins
Just a mile-and-a-half from the house in Norfolk, Virginia, where I grew up was Wilders Drive-In Theater. The place had opened in 1948, when I was 3 years old, just as drive-ins were beginning
‘Sweet Tea at the B&B’ offers hilarious take on Apalachicola’s past
“Sweet Tea at the B&B,” which debuted at the Chapman Theater Friday night, is outstandingly funny – with well written jokes, successful casting and strong set and costume …
‘Accidentally Wealthy’ played abundantly
The whodunnit Accidentally Wealthy, now at the Chapman Theater through Sunday afternoon, is not accidentally a success.
It was an intentional work of comic theater, both by the
When I was 12 or so: Petty theft and rocket science
My original title for this column was Garage Mechanics. I decided that might be misleading, as Ive never been good with my hands. When I enlisted in the U.S. Naval Air Reserve at age 20, the battery of tests included one on mechanical aptitude. There were a lot of pictures of tools to identify and…
William Shatner and Jeff Bezos flights of fancy
Environmental icon Jeff Bezos blasted his buddy William Shatner into space last week on Bezos rocket ship, Blue Origins. They used tons of fuel and discharged the huge metal rocket that held the fuel back onto Earth. Since it was from Amazons founder, the package discharged from this journey landed broken and on the wrong…
Seafood festival returns
Ottice Amison to reign as King Retsyo This past Sunday, country singer Drew Parker and his wife Mallory took their 19-month-old daughter out trick-or-treating back in Nashville. My wife got very creative, she got her little wagon and made it look like a bathtub, said Parker. She added bubbles and made it into a…