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“True luxury is being able to own your time – to be able to take a walk, sit on your porch, read the paper, not take the call, not be compelled by obligation.” – Ashton Kutcher There is something right about a porch on a house. It doesn’t even matter what kind of house; whether it’s a…

If you haven’t visited the Orman House, and the adjacent Chapman Botanical Gardens, you are missing the blossoming back into life of what has become a sprawling portrait of Apalachicola’s history. With the early 19th-century house, administered under the auspices of the Florida Park Service, shuttered during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Chapman Gardens becoming…

When America entered into World War II, Willie McNair Sr. was a man of 22. He would go on to serve  overseas in the Pacific, as part of the forces of the U.S. Army that would vanquish and occupy Japan. That was more than 75 years ago, and last Friday evening, on the occasion of…

I was recently invited to moderate a ladies high tea for Gospel Express Ministries. I searched until I found the perfect dress. It fit perfectly – if I didn’t mind giving up breathing for the day. Needless to say, I had to search for a different dress – a larger-sized dress. In the middle of…

The only side Allen Boyd concerns himself these days is of beef. And when it comes to trying to fit under a big tent, the only polar opposites he has to draw to the middle are the four legs of the Boyd Farms Fresh canopy tent he puts up when he’s at a farmers market,…

I used to think I was a better Christian whenever I sat next to someone in church whose Bible didn’t have as many underlined passages as mine. Then one day, my husband Bert bought me a new Bible for my birthday. The clean pages made it look like I never read my Bible, and I…

Being sharp is usually considered a compliment. It implies the recipient of this assessment has the intellectual ability and the mental agility to handle the rigors of contemporary life with ease. Sharp individuals anticipate coming events and prepare for them with preemptive actions which lead to a better than typical outcome. This proactive approach leads…

St. George Island has once again made the list of the best beaches in America in a prestigious 30-year-old annual list created by a South Florida professor of coastal science. Specifically citing the beach at Dr. Julian Bruce St. George Island State Park, Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman, director of the Laboratory for Coastal Research at…

Spots on the leaves of plants in the home landscape can be an indication of a hazardous condition for commonly used shrubs. Armored scale is a class of insect pest found on many plants used in Franklin and Gulf counties. Scale insects are a diverse group of piercing-sucking pests (Hemiptera) commonly found on ornamental plants…