Editorial
The parking meeting, and lowering the temperature
April 23, 2026
As theater at the Boca Grande Community Center, it was about as good as it gets, but not truly in the way of a Royal Palm Players production.
On a Wednesday afternoon, the new Boca Grande Parking…
Up in the pine straw one too many times
April 16, 2026
The sporting world was transfixed over the weekend at the Masters. Everyone digs in and watches, especially with the story of Rory McIlroy, the son of an Irish golf club bartender. Everyone has a fa…
The rain came, and a Florida wind. A sunny Saturday?
April 9, 2026
This midweek morning, a northeast breeze blows in Southwest Florida. The wind can best be described as delicious with a temperature at 67 degrees. It is cool but not cold. This is an opinion section…
Back to Moon on a Full Moon for Artemis II
April 2, 2026
The families begin gathering on the Bayou Bridge at around 6 p.m. A small crowd grows larger as the countdown continues to an expected launch time of 6:24 p.m. for Artemis II.
Florida. She almost…
The Sunday Next Before Easter
March 26, 2026
The “noise” of our everyday lives is relentless, and it is particularly problematic in recent years. Restaurants not only have multiple TVs, but our houses, and indeed our persons, are so connected…
Let us all live in a park-land together
March 19, 2026
Just last week, Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection released plans for all of the region’s state parks, in advance of a series of public meetings and beginning a long public comment per…
Let’s hang some pictures together, shall we?
March 12, 2026
Some extremely good news came the way of this part of the world on Monday, when Ringling College of Art and Design and the Hermitage Artist Retreat announced that the Hermitage would take over the s…
The fish goes where it wants, or where it can
March 5, 2026
Last Saturday, Bonefish & Tarpon Trust scientist Dr. Aaron Adams came to Boca Grande for a talk with the Gulf Conservation Alliance, a regional group trying to find solutions for our fisheries…
Wisdom, drought, weather and climate
February 26, 2026
There is weather, and there is climate. That’s a reminder from Morton Winsberg, a retired Florida State professor who wrote the classic monograph, “Florida Weather.” Winsberg reminds us that weathe…
Observations during a busy, gorgeous week
February 19, 2026
This editorial is written with an apology to readers, who assuredly do not want to read about parking. The sad thing, however, is that this editor would far prefer writing about ibises, or the color…











