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For years I carped in writing and on the air about the failure of Santa Rosa County to value the wildflowers that sprang up every spring along its country…
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If local officials need any more indication of just how much people crave a pedestrian-friendly downtown, the recent Ciclovia provided it.Ciclovia shut…
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I was at an outdoor music party at a house way up in the woods of Santa Rosa County recently when I ran into an old friend. We sat down in the backyard…
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It’s hard not turn into an old grump as you age, nostalgic for the past, convinced that the new generation is going to pot. Which, by the way, was one of…
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One of my favorite aspects of living at Pensacola Beach over the last year was how easy it was to get around on foot or bicycle. Restaurants, shops, bars…
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Recently the New Yorker reported on all the super-rich people stocking up on survival supplies in case of massive societal collapse. While for you and me…
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As pleasant as it is to walk the beach in shorts and barefoot in January, I’m one who really likes winter. It brings, or at least used to bring, relief…
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Time seems to be a big thing these days. Perhaps because for so many baby boomers, there’s a palpable sense that it’s running out.I like the concept that…
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The more I think about the impact of how the online world is changing us and how we live, the fewer answers I have. The one thing I seem to have finally…
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The increasing complexity of the world has all of us groping for ways to cope.Some people dive in and absorb, or are absorbed by, the new reality. On a…