The Hillsborough County Fair offered much more than just a hip-hop-blaring midway. ...more

November 11, 2009

Six younger princesses get a chance to meet Disney's Princess Tiana, left, on Thursday at the National Association of Black Journalists conference in Tampa. Also joining the group was Anika Noni Rose, the Tony Award winner who provides the voice of the princess in the upcoming Walt Disney animated film "The Princess and the Frog." ...more

August 8, 2009

Someone had the nerve to take our cement frog and snail and two gnomes from the planter in front of our home. The frog and snail have been in our family for over 20 years. Please, if you haven't destroyed them, return them to their rightful place. You might think it is funny, but we think it is stealing. ...more

April 29, 2009

before I realized that final confrontation in the kitchen was staged for me and my brothers. Papa wanted us to know what kind of woman Mama was, and he succeeded. But the lesson I learned was not the one he intended. Something else happened that spring, however, something that gave me reason to watch and wait, imagining flashes of summer colors out of the corner of my eye. ...more

January 25, 2009

Shelby Martin, 14, of Dade City said she feels at home on the stage, which is why it is her dream to be on Broadway. ...more

December 10, 2008

You look at his age and can't help but shake your head - mostly in wonder. Jeff Garcia, the bios all say, is 38. But there's nothing 38 about Garcia's play on the field. ...more

November 30, 2008

Today marks the beginning of a very good early-morning bite, which results from the last-quarter lunar influences that started Tuesday at 11:55 a.m. ...more

October 22, 2008

Wasn't our country founded on Christian beliefs? Yes, it was. Our forefathers wanted to get away from England and be free to worship God. There must have been much enthusiasm in the beginning, even though there were hardships in this new land. However, as the centuries came and went, Christians became so accustomed to routine and common rituals of life that even now, we the people have lost our love for God. ...more

October 11, 2008

This thing about every day we get another day older is getting to be a bit bothersome. Aches and weaknesses in our bodies are really a nuisance especially when we try to do what we used to do 20-30 years ago so easily. ...more

October 2, 2008

Today at 8:12 a.m., we're one day before the new moon, which means today through Thursday fishing should be good to excellent at the very least. ...more

September 28, 2008