Sometimes networking pays off. For some, it comes as a sales lead or prospective client; for me, it's a nifty column idea or recipe. ...more

November 25, 2009

A recent column by Leonard Pitts was scurrilous to say the least. Objecting to a slew of blogs on the Internet he asks, "What about Muslim-Americans who fight for us?" "At this writing" he says of the Fort Hood massacre, "we know next to nothing." ...more

November 20, 2009

About 18 months ago, we bought a house that's 30-plus years old and began the process of renovation. It's been a challenge for several reasons. ...more

November 15, 2009

The first few days after Ellie Aubel returned from her December mission trip to Haiti with several other members of Christ Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, her typically familiar surroundings seemed almost surreal. ...more

March 25, 2009

The week before Christmas, after more than six years of homelessness, I moved into a city-owned senior housing apartment in Rancho Mirage, Calif., near Palm Springs. I had been on the waiting list there for several years. ...more

January 31, 2009

Sea trout season, closed since the first of November in the state's south zone (which includes the Bay area), reopens Thursday. ...more

December 28, 2008

Just in time for Christmas, Karl Marx is finding a new audience among Japanese comic book fans. ...more

December 22, 2008

The Super Bowl's return to Tampa may be more than two months away, but a mini-sized precursor was held last Saturday right in the cozy confines of Pasco County. ...more

November 22, 2008

Veterans packed City Hall on Monday to protest one of their own, City Council President Luis Lopez. ...more

October 15, 2008

With humidity at 85 percent, there was no shortage of sweat. But with the exception of one paper cut, there was no blood. And the only thing close to tears was the perspiration running down the faces of the members of the Greater Brandon Kiwanis Club as they loaded back-to-school supplies into a Hillsborough County school bus during their first "Stuff the Bus" event last week. ...more

August 13, 2008