I first saw "A Chorus Line" on Broadway when I was nine years old and loved it - the music, the lyrics, the choreography. Happily, the revival now playing at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center is exactly as I remember and just as terrific. ...more

February 6, 2009

Breakfast with one of the children is always a treat now that they all have homes of their own. On a quick and unexpected visit from his home in Michigan, our son Paul was spending several days with us and breakfast suddenly became hot coffee and whatever. ...more

December 17, 2008

So how will it end? President Bush is down to his final 100 days in office as of today. Don't expect a quiet fade into the Texas night. ...more

October 12, 2008

A decorated cornerback gets his foot tangled up with a receiver. A rookie corner misses an assignment. A 10-time Pro Bowl linebacker has to leave in crunch time due to a strained hamstring. ...more

September 8, 2008

In soporific tones, the stranger suggests that I become aware of the weight of my right ear, the back of my head and the web between my toes. The notion seems ridiculous, but I'm desperate, so I comply with her wishes. ...more

June 21, 2008

A decade ago, Kosovo rumbled with artillery fire as ethnic Albanian separatists battled Serbian forces. On Sunday, the booms came from celebratory fireworks after parliament declared independence - a final act of defiance that dismantled the last remnant of the former Yugoslavia. ...more

February 18, 2008

The nation's largest desalination plant has passed a final round of testing and is now officially part of Tampa Bay Water's regional water supply system. ...more

December 17, 2007

The Florida Strawberry Festival experienced a major computer glitch just as tickets to its headline acts went on sale Dec. 10. ...more

December 17, 2007

"Heartsick," by Chelsea Cain (St. Martin's Minotaur, $23.95) ...more

December 9, 2007

When the impoverished seamstress Mimi sighs her last breath and Rodolfo cries out in anguish, the curtain goes down on a story of love and loss that always merits revisiting. ...more

November 18, 2007