In the past week, a homeless man was found having a picnic in a Walmart bathroom, a man was arrested for popping his pimples outside the entrance to a McDonald’s, and two burglars were... Read more >>

My husband and I had vacationed in St. Augustine, Florida, several years ago, pre-kids, but this summer was the first time we’d traveled with our daughters, as well as the first... Read more >>

Fay stormed into Florida this morning, joining the other Fays, Lucilles, Margarets, and Estelles who had come before her. With her soaking rains and gusty winds, she interrupted some Mahjong games,... Read more >>

Now that Hillary Clinton has won Texas, Ohio, and Rhode Island, the race with Barack Obama promises to be long and bitter. Florida and Michigan held early primaries, in defiance of the national... Join this chit chat >>

Campaigning in the sunshine state, Republicans Mitt Romney and John McCain are waging battles on issues like immigration and campaign finance. Both are vying to be the front-runner for the party’s… Read more >>

It started on September 1, 2010, at about 7 a.m. I never thought that I would ever leave Maine and move 1600 miles to Naples, Florida. I guess it really started a few months prior when my loving... Read more >>

I am pondering what I like about being a Floridian as the temperatures hover in the upper nineties in late mid-morning, and sweat beads on the brow right after awakening. Here are a few reasons: 1) I... Read more >>

She hadn’t paid much attention to who she was sitting in the seat with nor the people around her. When she did finally look up, she found a sophisticated lady perched on the seat across from... Read more >>

I could call this post There’s Too Much to Do in Tampa So Don’t Even Bother Going There Or You’ll Be Disappointed in All the Stuff You Didn’t Do, but that title was too long.... Read more >>

I just left the house of a forty-seven-year-old man, who I had met with nearly two years ago. When I originally met him, I was so concerned with myself and my life I never considered researching... Read more >>