It was a chilly 63-degree morning on December 1 and the line was packed for the opening day at Boca Bargains. The first person in line said, “My husband doesn’t know that I’m here.” The second shopp…
Elaine Skypala has come prepared for our meeting with an outline in hand. “It’s funny because as I told my friends I was doing this interview, everybody said, ‘You have to tell that story or that st…
They were the halcyon days before social media. A time when one would go away for a beach vacation, meet that special friend for life and you’d pinky swear, usually through tears, to stay in touch…
After years of high intensity interval training and military workouts, Michelle Hubbs knew that she was due for a change. While she was still fit and in her prime, it started to feel like those type…
From water skier, fisherman, waitress, to Home Depot employee, Mary Spinks has done it all. But please don’t call her “first mate” as she prefers the title of “admiral.” The distinction is important…
While most college kids were out there slinging hash, waiting tables or working on campus to make ends meet, island resident Alice Court took the bull by the horns. A vocal opera major in college, s…
You know spring has arrived when you see the first bloom of yellow forsythia or the robins prancing in the yard. In Boca Grande, you know the season is getting ready to ramp up when you receive your…
If you are in the market for a motivational speaker for your next graduation, Kay Kemper is the woman for you. Energetic, optimistic, and full of joie de vivre, Kay could inspire the most woebegone…
Lucinda Dixon Sullivan has one heck of a bookshelf. If one did not know that she was a writer, they would immediately guess by the stunning, wall-filled shelves of books that line her living room…
Salmon always return to the same river where they were hatched. It doesn’t matter if you pick them up and move them to a different location, they will eventually come back to their river home.
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