"Empires of the Sea" by Roger Crowley (Faber and Faber, $30) ...more

July 20, 2008

You can never plan too far ahead. That's what Elaine Carbonneau of Friends of Sacred Heart is thinking these days. She has put out the call for wedding pictures from all ceremonies at her church for a project that won't be unveiled until early 2010. ...more

May 24, 2008

Richard Allard of New Port Richey says the political elite can understand the problems ordinary people have with high gasoline prices and other problems. ...more

May 10, 2008

Grazing in a pasture off Old Hopewell Road, a herd of speckled cattle sporting splendid horns and distinguished bloodlines serve as a living monument to 400 years of Florida history. ...more

February 20, 2008

They're few and far between now, but as far back as the 1600s, a little steed that became known as the Cracker horse ruled the Florida range. ...more

February 19, 2008

Florida's wild hog population is here to stay. The hogs are incessantly hungry, plowing the forest floor with their tusks for any and all things remotely edible. More swift and stealthy than their domestic cousins, they are masters of evasion, exacting great effort from those who would hunt or trap them. ...more

December 15, 2007

Mother Angelica's Eternal Word Television Network will broadcast a live Tridentine Solemn High Mass at 8 a.m. Friday. It will be the first time in the network's 26-year history that a Latin Mass will be aired. It takes place at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville, Ala. ...more

September 8, 2007