Recently, one of my sons, who heard Winnie-the-Pooh stories from his earliest days, said he'd never read them to his children. This...

To my children, this is not news.  I’m the older generation and they don’t hesitate to remind me. This hit hard when I recently lost a...

The short drive to Callahan from Amelia Island is well worth it for a genuine county fair experience. My friend Lori and I escaped for...

Gopher tortoises are prevalent on Amelia Island. Their personal milestones are met each day they survive the traffic and developers. ...

Today I made a large batch of pimento cheese. A few weeks ago, I wrote that bread is love. Pimento cheese runs a close second. I make...

Bread is a gift of love. It’s personal. Mother made bread and I always think of her when I make it. She said that making bread was good...

I had a delightful morning at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens. John Reed presented a class on photographing birds, a benefit of...

We’re hunkered down here in northeast Florida with a Nor’easter blowing through for a couple of days. It’s not actually snowing because...

“Leave it,” is a popular training command used when a dog is misbehaving or unfocused. It is preferred over “no,” but a brief enough...

Black clouds were rolling in from the east over the Atlantic as I drove to church that morning, late again. My umbrella and pink...

Laura was one of those friends who, even though months and years went by without a visit, you immediately caught up with as if no time...

Parking in a shady spot at the doctor’s office, I obeyed the “Florida rule” of cracking my windows to reduce heat accumulation. After my...

Spring is arriving already in Northeast Florida. As I check on the emerging amaryllis, snip sprigs of lush parsley, catch the scent of...

One of the things I love about living on Amelia Island is that people are friendly and caring. I’m especially fond of my neighborhood,...