By Joan Matey Guest Columnist What’s the draw to come to the Panhandle coast of Florida? What would we like to have visitors say about our area? Franklin County has long had the moniker of the Forgotten Coast. We were remote, natural, under-developed… surrounding areas referred to this land as “the Real Florida” and we…
The Secret Lives of Words One of my earliest memories is of sitting on the ground, playing outside our apartment, and suddenly finding big black ants swarming all over me. They weren’t stinging, but they were startling, and oh so scary. I shrieked, jumped up, and ran around in circles trying to brush the critters…
Hi Y’all, We had some really pretty days this past week, before the colder winds came in. I’m not complaining, especially when I talk to the folks who are coming down from the north. I don’t know if you noticed how beautiful the walls in the post office look. After tackling the enormous job of…
Hi Y’all, For those of you who haven’t heard, the Lanark Village Association began its new year, 2023, with some new board members and positions. At the association’s December membership meeting the members voted in Bobbi Trinkett, who was later appointed by the board as chairman of the board, and Mike Salyer, the boat storage…
When I was 12 or so… Seems like most movie and TV cowboys have issues nowadays. They abuse their families (think 2021’s “Power of the Dog”); murder unforgivingly (as in Eastwood’s 1992 film “Unforgiven”); or end up being crazed androids (in “Westworld,” the franchise begun in 1973, now an HBO series). Things were different when…
At the north end of Apalachicola’s Magnolia Cemetery on Bluff Road, the Mohr family plot lies in the shade of an old cedar tree. Tall weeds, fallen palm fronds and years of dirt obscure the gravestones while Spanish moss hanging from live oaks nearby adds to the air of age and neglect. In the middle…
Hi Y’all, Happy New Year Again! Well, I got home from a wonderful trip near Tampa for Christmas with my family and had some water pipes busted. Thank you to my wonderful friends in Lanark, my pipes are now fixed. I will be wrapping them up good and finding out how to turn off my…
Struggling for relevancy, Joe Biden just announced he is going to forgive some student loan debt. This is an insult to anyone who paid off his or her college debt, or did not take on any, and
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. – Mark Twain
When I was 18 years old, a proud new graduate of Port St. Joe High School, I got a job at the
To the class of 2022, and to parents and friends, of all colors, shapes and sizes, whether you have a concealed weapons permit or not, I thank you for indulging me on this auspicious occasion.
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