Yearly Archives: 2010

Winter is here, and we sure do feel it. The landscape has changed with the season. Leaves cover the lawn instead of adorning the trees and berries replace flowers as the food source. Below are a few native options for your yard. Weeping Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria “weeping”) with its festive red berries. Only the …

                            “My name is Josh Crews-do you know who I am?!” A man that exuded old style southern gentleman charm and hospitality, but suffered a tragic character flaw in his own novel of living life at the edge.   Josh and I first met because of the alphabet and homeroom.  Our last names would bind us …

There’s a place down the road called the Si Como No Inn that makes you feel like you’re on a vacation in paradise.  Rooms designed to relax you and encourage far off day dreams, but there’s a whole lot more than meets the eye.  The proprietor Marti has been very selective in choosing what items …

There is a reason for everything… the reason why I began this segment of writing called Flagler’s Finest is because of a particular person who represents the special-ness of Flagler Beach and it’s residents. If she lived in Hollywood, you’d think they named the town after her. Hollie Mahoney is indeed one of Flagler’s Finest …

The chatter of The Tommy Tant is quieting, but the memory of what took place this past weekend will remain engrained in our minds and hearts until it is succeeded by next years event.  The highlight for me was of course seeing our beach lit up with an eerie UFO glow, more people than I …

  I was going to start this post with a re-cap of memories I shared with Tommy Tant.  However, with the recent tragic death of Andy Irons, a surf legend in the making, recollections of cheeky high school moments no longer seems appropriate.  So now I will write what my heart feels.  As the world …

Our featured artist for the month of November is Terry Sumpter. “A Welcome” Terry Sumpter, a popular local artist utilizing acrylic on canvas as a preferred medium, creates a wide variety of unique artwork taking in many styles. He prides himself on not creating just the “pretty stuff”, but also images designed to prick consciences …

 I’m sure my inner child is kicking and screaming as I write these words but I am glad Halloween is over.  It seems as though this now 7 million dollar holiday has won over big with the people as there were more things to do this weekend than I can ever remember.  As a recap …

                                                                        No, this is not in reference to that favorite Irish holiday when silly Americans go out and fill up on cheap food colored infiltrated beer.  I am talking about the famous if you live in Hickory, North Carolina “Farm Party.”  Recycling at it’s finest dating back more than thirty years.  I attended 27 years …

Many times plants are purchased because of their pretty or colorful blooms. Then a week later it is just another plant, lost in the sea of green. That is not the case with the native deciduous shrub Callicarpa americana aka Beautyberry. In May and June the Beautyberry blooms, small sometimes inconspicuous, pink to lavender flowers (see …