We arrived around 6 PM in the early dusk to find the tables set up for food and drink as more and more people trickled in. The Zoo's...

The power and grace of the legendary Russian ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov and that of the magnificent cheetah. A strange...

When I was about 35 and my mother about 53, we went together on a European tour of the three necessary cities: London, Paris, and Rome....

I, Lois, do not like baseball - I know, that's an heretical statement to make as an American! Kay, however, who was the Guide for this...

SPRINGFIELD @ CHRISTMAS The Jacksonville Springfield neighborhood was established in 1969 and experienced its greatest growth from the...

Jacksonville, Florida, is the largest city in the contiguous USA, at least when measured by its 885 square miles - not so much when...

A trip to the Russian Far Eastern Siberia in 2005 was one of the most exhilarating, thrilling, beautiful, educational, and amazing...

In our ever-expanding efforts to find interesting things in our very own home city, Kay planned what should have been a very enlightening...

Making a Spectacle of Oneself Several years ago I was part of a group of 6 who went trekking in Patagonia. We climbed up some mountains,...

Some cities are known for their outdoor public art (Boston, Seattle, New York) but Jacksonville doesn't make that list. However, our city...