Normally, only two things come out of chicken coops. One's eggs and the other one stinks to high heaven. ...more

February 6, 2009

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

Voodoo lily Most of the year, it sits innocuously among the other shrubs, all pretty green leaves. But come time to bloom, the voodoo lily produces a blood-purple blossom that stinks to high heaven and is pollinated by flies, beetles and other not-so-pretty insects, says Brian Parsons, director of conservation at Ohio's Holden Arboretum. (Thanks to Tish King at www.ruralramblings.com for the very buggy photo.) ...more

October 26, 2008