Arts & Living Columns
"Tan Lines" by Mandy Miles

Inquiring minds want to know ...
Key West Citizen - Sunday, May 20, 2012

There are questions we're taught at an early age not to ask. The lessons usually came right after we, as little children, had innocently broached one of the taboo topics and then found ourselves on...

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"Soundings" by Mark Howell

Soundings
Solares Hill - Sunday, May 20, 2012

A goodbye to the Keys from Bobby J, aka Elvis: "After more than 10 years of living in Key West, I have decided to vacate and move on to new adventures. I have...

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"Keystrokes" by John DeSantis

Message in the muffin
Key West Citizen - Monday, May 21, 2012

Shirlee Ezmirly wasn't always as outgoing as she seems to be now, and certainly when she was living in her native city of Providence, R.I., the whole muffin thing would never have occurred. But...

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"Going Green" by Chris Belland

So, All Good Things Must Come to an End ...
Solares Hill - Sunday, January 8, 2012

This will be my last column on the environment. Several years ago, I started writing it under the banner of the newly-formed Love Your Island subcommittee of the Key West Chamber of Commerce. The...

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"Going Green" by Jody Smith-Williams

Solid Waste Overhaul: If Not Now, Then When?
Solares Hill - Sunday, May 20, 2012

It's been more than five years since I and others first dug into Key West's solid waste situation and realized that the contracts were financially unfavorable to the city and nowhere close to...

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"Philanthropy Corner" by Dianna Sutton

Community Foundation Celebrates Its Silver Anniversary
Solares Hill - Sunday, April 29, 2012

The Community Foundation of the Florida Keys is celebrating its silver anniversary. Fifteen years ago, a group of local philanthropists gathered together with the goal of providing uniquely effective...

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"To Your Pet's Health" by Dr. Doug Mader

Advice on Hurricane Season and Your Pet -- Part I
Solares Hill - Sunday, May 20, 2012

It's almost that time again! June 1 marks the beginning of the 2012 hurricane season. Even though the experts are predicting a slower-than-average hurricane season, we all remember what happened in...

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"Keys Cuisine" by Joanna Brady Schmida

In Spring the Mangos Keep Falling on My Head...
Solares Hill - Sunday, May 20, 2012

It has pretty well stopped now, but starting about six weeks ago or so we were inundated with small, green, inedible mangos that seemed to drop out of the sky. Our tree, which has had its ups and...

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