October 31st, another birthday has passed, and I always get asked if having a birthday on Halloween is fun and the answer is yes, it’s definitely a great day to celebrate! Since my grandchildren are now too old to even consider letting me trick or treat with them I am resigned to the fact that […]
Thanksgiving is over and that first big gathering of the holidays brings family and friends together to eat, drink, and socialize. That holiday is known to be a big calorie consumer. Actually, the Calorie Control Council estimates that one can eat as many as 4500 calories in that one day alone! That is a crazy […]
by Sandra Lee Buxton Family pictures, we all have and love them. It is a reminder of those who are important in our lives, of happy times and a record of our journey through life. Some people carry pictures in their wallet, on their phone, their desk at work or maybe even in the car. […]
by Allen Weiss, MD, MBA, FACP, FACR President and CEO, NCH Healthcare System So much has been written about being a good parent. We are all products of parents or have had children, so the topic remains important and always current— particularly as 25 percent of families are led by single parents in America. That’s […]
by Lois Bolin Old Naples Historian WWII changed the ways Americans celebrate this precious holiday but those holiday lights changed the dark experience of war. Many of the changes happened because of shortages, but even more happened because time and distance separated loved ones. For example, those of us who complain that Christmas decorations are […]
On October 24, 150 cowboys and cowgirls attended a hoedown at The Club Pelican Bay to benefit student scholarships at Hodges University. The hoedown queen, Thelma Hodges, and hoedown darling, Sandra Lee Buxton, greeted guests upon arrival. Collier County Sheriff Kevin Rambosk and his wife, Pat, were present and unofficially deputized Stock Development guests as […]
The line of about 200 people snaked down the sidewalk, past the walls of the school building and a chain-link fence, to the street. On this muggy evening, they waited outside Pinecrest Elementary School in Immokalee for food to be distributed from a mobile pantry, set up by the Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest […]
The Naples Art Association (Naples Art) exists for the love of art. For well over 60 years, Naples Art has doggedly committed itself to local art and artists. Naples Art coordinates three program sets: exhibitions, festivals, and education, that work in synergy to advance and promote interest, education and participation in the visual arts. Naples […]
by Juliana Meek and Kristine Meek Dear Artspert: My daughter came home from school and tells me that you can paint with Egg Tempura. What is Egg Tempura? Signed, Just Yolking Dear Yolking, It sounds like a mispronunciation of Egg Tempera, though tempura is making us hungry for Japanese food. And yes, Egg Tempera is […]
by Tim L. Tetzlaff Naples Zoo Director of Conservation Walking through the woods one spring day, a Florida panther looked for a palmetto thicket where she would give birth. Deer fawns were also being born in the southwest Florida wilderness while the panther delivered her kittens. It was no coincidence. A mother needs abundant prey […]