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Down Yonder: The dawn of change
Friday, Nov. 7, 2008
In the mountains of western North Carolina a family gathered to celebrate the life of a woman who went home three days earlier. Full story »
Down Yonder: Still searchin’ for the front door
Friday, Oct. 31, 2008
The family was gathering. Food was on the table. Well-wishers and mourners had been stopping by the house all day. Full story »
Down Yonder: Crackers cuddle in the cold
Friday, Oct. 24, 2008
She hugged the captain tightly around his chest; not so much for affection, maybe a little, but as a shield against the biting wind. Full story »
Down Yonder: This election is too important to ignore
Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008
Somebody said sumpthin the other day ’bout a big election comin’ up in the next couple of weeks. Full story »
Down Yonder: Hardwood to figure out
Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008
No one can deny that nature in South Florida has its own curious quirks. Birds that dive to the bottom of a pond in search of fish, frogs that live in trees and bark like dogs just before a rain, mammals that never come out of the water — all seem like ecological conundrums. Full story »
Down Yonder: It didn’t take a brave man, after all
Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008
It almost October already, and if tha dang hurrikins ever stop rollin’ ’cross the Atlantic we can get on with our usual fine South Flarda livin.’ Full story »
Down Yonder: Floridians remember the family
Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008
They gathered on a Sunday afternoon in the shade of tall live oaks in a suburban backyard — four generations of Floridians. The oldest of them was 102. The youngest just began her 16th month. Full story »
Down Yonder: Without a trace... until now
Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008
Forget the Bermuda Triangle. That’s Hollywood hype. We’ve got a real, live Florida mystery working in the Gulf of Mexico; a mystery that has lasted nearly 30 years and only recently revealed part of its secret. Full story »
Down Yonder: Some folks’ll never take ‘em seriously
Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008
I guess I should stop bein’ so amazed. It happens every time. But still — and every time — I am amazed. It happened again just a couple weeks ago. Full story »
Down Yonder: Where the winds blow ...
Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008
So, here we are: Labor Day and life is beginning to return to normal after the long, hot summer break. “Normal” is such an ill-defined place. As Floridians, we can never forget that “normal” can be radically and sometimes forever changed by one bad day when a hurricane might blow through. Full story »
Down Yonder: Elections sullied by slurs
Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008
Elections used to be fun. They aren’t anymore. Election days and the campaigns that preceded them used to be almost as good as Christmas but that was before politics was dumped into the gutter. Full story »
Down Yonder: Learning from history
Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008
The road map was yellowing and brittle, tearing at the seams. It showed a Florida with lots of green and white space and only small bits of colored-in “city” dotting the shorelines. Full story »
Down Yonder: That’s illegal in Florida
Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008
The airboat skidded across the open water, slapping the small waves as it bounced from side to side. Between the wind screaming into one’s face and the roar of the propeller shielding off all other noise, conversation was impossible. The passengers felt isolated in that vast, untamed world. Full story »
Down Yonder: The great wasp invasion
Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008
The wasp hovering about the man’s head was irritating. With a quick swat of a rolled up newspaper he smashed it against the wall. It was only then he realized what a mistake he’d made. He remembered the story the ancients told, the story of the giant wasp as big as a house. Full story »
Down Yonder: Rain, rain don’t go away
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Wouldn’t ya just know it! Plenty of rain starts pourin’ down from the heavens just about the time South Florida’s water regulators slap year-round rules on how much water we can throw on our lawns. Full story »
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- Marco Island Bike Path Ad-Hoc Committee Meeting -- 01/09/09 at Marco Island City Hall
- Challenges and Opportunities in these Tough Times -- 01/09/09 at Collier County Public Library - Naples Branch
- Speakers Assembly of SW Florida: Mark Rosenberg -- 01/09/09 at Hyatt Regency Coconut Point
- "Evening in the Park" -- 01/09/09 at Riverside Park
