It's a ritual. Every day I skim the obituaries, reading most, especially the memorials. Some I see every year, with the face of the loved one frozen in time. The family's sentiments touch my heart. This expensive little piece of black and white real estate is one more way of holding onto a face and voice that will never mature beyond that horrible day when that loved one slipped out of his or her immortal body and infused his or her soul and spirit into the very air the family breathes, into the tears that still pour from their eyes at a chance memory. ...more

February 9, 2008

Moving to appease residents who want the site of Al Lang Field preserved as parkland, the city council decided Thursday to seek community input on the fate of the 10-acre waterfront site if it does not become the new home of the Tampa Bay Rays. ...more

February 8, 2008

Are you looking for more than flowers or cards as a way to express your feelings on Valentine's Day? ...more

February 5, 2008

Are you looking for more than flowers or cards as a way to express your feelings on Valentine's Day? ...more

February 5, 2008

For the second time this week, a Web site described as key to al-Qaida communications has been taken down by a hosting company after a call from a reporter. ...more

February 2, 2008

County commissioners gave little indication last week of how they will vote on a controversial apartment complex proposal when they meet Thursday. ...more

February 2, 2008

For the second time this week, what is said to be key a al-Qaida Web site has been taken off the Internet by a hosting site after a call from a reporter. ...more

February 1, 2008

There is still a spot in most of us that understands what this morning really ought to be. Whether you can't see the floor through the mountain of discarded wrapping paper right now while the kids run amok, or you're flying solo, or any point in between, inside we understand the best Christmas present never comes in a box. ...more

December 24, 2007

I survived another Thanksgiving with all the trimmings. The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage has outdone herself once again with our Thanksgiving dinner. I still do not know how she accomplishes this feat. Each year her dinner is more fabulous than the last. ...more

November 22, 2007

Some don't mind the new growth; others abhor it. But all agree the county hasn't done enough to prepare for it. ...more

October 10, 2007