Weekends have meant 30 years of produce, house wares, clothing, hot breakfasts and bartering with vendors at the American Legion Flea Market. ...more

October 28, 2009

Weekends have meant 30 years of produce, house wares, clothing, hot breakfasts and bartering with vendors at the American Legion Flea Market. ...more

October 28, 2009

People often begin their genealogical quests wondering, "Where did my ancestors come from?" ...more

March 15, 2009

Coastal Cleanup volunteers collected almost 2 tons of trash Sept. 20 in the Land O' Lakes area, reported Betsy Crisp, a coordinator for the event. ...more

October 15, 2008

It's summer, and some parents are looking for interesting things for their children to do. If you have daughters ages 11 to 14, the Ophelia Project of Tampa Bay has something special to offer them. ...more

June 21, 2008

The original plan with this story was to list five things you didn't know about "The Lion King." ...more

May 4, 2008

The Queen of Rockabilly got rock 'n' roll lessons from The King himself. Wanda Jackson was a young country singer when she met Elvis Presley on a 1955 package tour. Presley sensed Jackson was a burgeoning rocker and encouraged the singer to move in that direction. ...more

February 14, 2008

When the Hollywood writers union first went on strike, we hardly noticed because our favorite shows all had several weeks of episodes already "in the can," as they say in the entertainment industry. When those episodes ran out we watched reruns for a while, but that got old in a hurry. So, eventually, we shut the TV off after the evening news and made an amazing discovery … there is life without television. We read books, played cards, listened to classical music, and called our families out-of-state who were suddenly free to talk because now our calls were not interrupting new episodes of their favorite shows. It's not easy to admit it, but I realized I knew more about what was going on in the lives of characters on "House" and "Gray's Anatomy" than in the lives of my brother and niece. ...more

February 3, 2008

TLC is turning a new page in "Trading Spaces" history by turning back - to Paige. ...more

January 26, 2008

We were in Sebring Sunday evening, mistakenly thinking the stores stayed open until 9 p.m., but we were wrong, it was Sunday and they close at 8 p.m. We checked out very fast with no other customers in line. As much as I dislike shopping I have learned one thing by that experience and it's to shop after 6 p.m. on Sundays and not have to wait in line. With that in mind, I will write down a list of gifts to get on the next four Sundays shortly before the stores close. It could save my sanity by not having to cope with the super long lines and crowds that will surely be around every other day until after Christmas. ...more

November 29, 2007