Something dads need to hear
By Sheryl Boldt I almost chickened out on writing this Father’s Day column. After all, I’ve never been a dad. And as a lady who respects men, I certainly don’t want to come across as lecturing on how to be…
Virtual Visits to Spanish Florida
Virtual Visits to Spanish Florida By Ben Gunter What’s the cure for cabin fever? When the best way to keep loving your friends is to keep staying 6 feet away them, how can you escape from social distancing without endangering…
Honoring Father Time this Father’s Day
Last month for Dia de Las Madres in May, Babushka shared our mutual Madre, Mother Earth. Seems only fitting that for June, we should speak about our mutual Padre, Father Time. There are many fotos del Father Time, and BB…
Zoom into Spanish La Florida with Theater with a Mission (TWAM)
By Ben Gunter Two hundred years ago, in 1820, Spain ratified the Florida Treaty, setting the stage for Florida to become US territory. This year, with COVID-19 canceling performances and closing theaters all over the Sunshine State, Theater with a…
Mother to us all
By Bohemian Babushka May is such a beautiful mes isn’t it? It goes perfectamente with the season of Spring, and with what most think of during the month- Mother’s Day. Por supuesto BB thinks, no, KNOWS Madres deserve that recognition…
200 Years Ago Meets Today in Tallahassee
In 1820, Spain ratified the Florida Treaty, paving the way for Florida to become US territory. Here is what our community looked like in Tallahassee this spring, when members of Theater with a Mission (TWAM) helped kick off the planning…
Public Health in Florida’s History
By Ben Gunter, Theater with a Mission (TWAM) From 1564-1565 – 455 years ago – Jacques LeMoyne lived in Florida, recording life in a French Huguenot settlement near present-day Jacksonville. LeMoyne’s drawings include a picture called “Mode of Treating the…