By Bob Arbogast “Cuba has no problems, only situations”, said our tour guide, with a wry smile. The “situations” were food and energy insecurity. At restaurants, many of the menu selections were unavailable. Power outages…
By Gerry Kurth Along with 5 family members, I recently jumped out of a perfectly good airplane. It’s something I’ve always been curious about but never quite got it together. It’s different and intimidating. But…
By Dianna Yalouris Christakos I miss you In the solitude of the day you come to me as a whispering caress And when the day ends A tightening in my heart reminds me that you…
By Ron Estes “I carried the Regimental colors that day in the flag detail. I was a sergeant, a squad leader (three stripes). It was a stirring day.” Ron Estes later served 25 years as…
By Dianna Christakos One of the most pleasurable experiences, other than waiving to cars, of my daily walks is bird watching. From childhood, I have been fascinated and envious of birds. Since I walk by…
By Marty Round Hi! It’s your old friend The Bespectacled Reader, and I do mean old! There was such a warm reception to my last column that I thought I’d bring you up to date…
By Dianna Yalouris Christakos I suppose it is an abnormal assumption since I have been away for such a long time. Twenty years have already flown. I left with my family as a skinny, insecure…
By Lily Bishop Editors Note: Lily Bishop is a 17 year old senior at Pedro Menendez High School For nearly six years nowI have been waiting to receiveWhat in due time will beMy magnum opus…
By Marty Round A few months ago I wrote an article about downsizing. Some of you may remember it and felt a bit guilty. At that time I admitted being unable to tackle my enormous…
By Lori Wilcox “Let’s eat out tonight!”, a most common proposal,Was quickly becoming a given supposal.We found an abundance of eateries in St. Johns CountyOne could go as far as to say quite the bounty!…
By Marty Round What’s amazing? People, mostly. Little accomplishments, often. Life, in general. Many of you know already that I had back surgery in January and spent the next two and a half months…
Originally posted Oct 8, 2020, this article reappears in memory of the late Philip Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, born June 10, 1921, whose death was announced this morning by Buckingham Palace. I think each of us harbors an…
By Dr. Andrea B. Kohn Last summer I was in a bad bicycle accident where I flipped over my handlebars and landed on my head. I suffered a concussion and a few scrapes from doing…
By the Bespectacled Reader Some time during the past couple of years, MCWA had two speakers, sisters An Marshall and Kit Zara. Their topic was downsizing. And that got me looking to that event in…
This video was recorded at the Omaha Beach Cemetery in September 2019 when WW2 veteran Sgt. George Wrightmier was given the honor of folding and receiving the American Flag at sunset. Click the link below….
Getting up early to see the sunrise is a sign of a commitment to the day, right? (Who am I kidding? Right now, with the sun peeking up at 7:33 am, unless you rise at…
Editor’s Note: The author lives in the Florida Keys and writes for the Key West Citizen. She is a friend to this editor and now to a man named Doc. By Jill Zima On this…
By The Bespectacled Reader When you see that word “homecoming”, you immediately think of a warm welcome, perhaps smiling faces, good food in the refrigerator, maybe even flowers, all awaiting your return, all saying,…
By Brian Nelson The Train The second leg of Tracing the Vikings, still part of our “Oslo Extension”, took us by train out of the capital through Norway’s picturesque forested interior, winding up in the…
By Neil Beck It was 1972. I flew in to Yogyakarta Indonesia on the last flight from Denpasar Bali at midnight. Heading for a youth hostel I grabbed a bijaj at the airport. I woke…