Podemos Hablar Toastmasters Club to Host an Open House
Podemos Hablar Toastmasters Club to Host an Open House Source: Robin Collins, [email protected] TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Feb. 1. 2020 — Do you enjoy listening to interesting speeches, eating a meal and learning new interpersonal skills (communication and leadership) to help you at…
Explore Florida’s Past Lives This Spring
By Ben Gunter Florida has had many lives. A thousand years ago, our state was home to highly developed Native American civilizations – people who built mounds, grew maize and crafted exquisite masks, statues, and stories painted on deerskin. Five…
HINDSIGHT IS 2020
HINDSIGHT IS 2020 By Deborah DeSilets Growing up in Florida, my ears as a child were filled with the lament of my elders that, “Hindsight is 2020”. This News Year—with its resounding 2020, I realize how true this is. Each January…
The High Lonesome Sound of U.S. Highway 23
By Deborah Desilets This past Holiday season found me traveling north to be with family. This time the Florida to Michigan trek was to need record time--I was getting out of the gate late. Pulling out maps and googling places…
Do your procrastinating ways make you want to give up?
Do your procrastinating ways make you want to give up?By Sheryl Boldt You’re stressed because you have only three days before your assignment is due. You know you’d get more done at work—if only you were more disciplined with your…
Experience the 200th Anniversary of Florida Becoming US Territory
By Jacob Evanshine and Ben Gunter In 1820 – two hundred years ago this year – Spain ratified the Florida Treaty, selling Florida to the United States at the bargain-basement price of $5 million. What was it like for Floridians to…
Thanking God for every minute (a letter of Thanksgiving)
Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for this minute. By the time I’ve finished writing this letter, many more minutes will have passed. Each minute that ticks by reflects your patience, your sovereignty and your work in my life. I’ll never…