Civility

We The People

November 5, 2024, 89.9% of eligible voters in Lake County showed up. Let that sink in for a moment.

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The Wolf Within

The communal oxygen we give others keeps them pertinent, relevant, and alive. However, when we stop supplying attention, they find their fix elsewhere.

Vote or Leave

America has the longest standing democracy in the world. As an experiment in participatory society, America asks its citizens every election to show up.

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Tis Better To Have Loved And Lost Than Never Loved At All?

The smell of Loves Baby Soft wafting through my nostrils as a high school memory takes me back. Fleetwood Mac’s “Changes” takes me to a breakup a year back.

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Small World Or Long Life?

We have roughly 28,000 days of life. That is 78 years to do something, anything or nothing. So, what do we do with all this time?

The Art of Showing Up

Before it was socially acceptable to place “matter”, we cared about our families, our neighbors, our community, our state our nation and our planet.

Sun rising behind tree on foggy morning with colorful sky and fence on farm

How I Battled My Mental Health Demons

We know someone as we're living in this new world of heightened emotions that's dealing with loss, aloneness, and desperation. Or, that someone is us.

Food Insecurity, What is the Solution?

Traditional farm fields and pastures have been eliminated from the picture almost entirely. Grocery aisles have been planted instead of farm rows.

Disagreeing and Getting Along

We need to be quiet enough to hear other’s opinions. We need to be quiet enough to hear our own thoughts. We give advice as well as receive it.

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Think Big

If we find the fortitude to acknowledge the genius in each other, invite all to the table, and think big, real change is attainable.

The News

We are travelers from the Bering Land Bridge with names like Cherokee, Seminole, Hopi, and Navajo. We are settlers from England and Spain in search of religious freedom. We are immigrants from Ireland and Italy, from China and Japan, from Syria and Iran searching for a better life for our children and grandchildren. We are…

Is America Morally Bankrupt?

Dear America! If you are looking for someone to blow out the candles for your 250th birthday celebration, look no farther than the 342 million of us who call America our home. The last time we were in support of anything was right after 911. We had a common enemy. We were unified. We listened…

Growing Your Own Spring Groceries

Cucumbers are easy to grow in the spring. String beans and peas are good to grow in the Florida soil. Now that the threat of a freeze is over, it is time to put your spring crops into the ground. Seeds as well as seedlings will do the trick. Here are a few of the spring favorites…