If you grew up in the ’70s & ’80′s and earlier and took a road trip to Florida, chances are you remember the oranges. Everywhere you’d go there seemed to be a persistent smell of orange groves that even today, if I close [Continue]
The third annual holiday A Cracker Christmas at The Pioneer Village will be held this weekend, Saturday December 18 & 19, 2010. Step into the history of Central Florida with a tip of the holiday hat to the traditions of the men & women who [Continue]
It was the sound – that whipping CRACK that snapped your attention across the green & brush & unyielding landscape of an early Florida – when Cowboys were Hunters & pioneers earned each day they lived. And so they became [Continue]
From the sidewalk it’s as sweet and ordinary as any of the nonthreatening homes around it. And like most of the homes around, has found a second life as a business on this quiet, tree-lined street at the edge of Kissimmee. To look at it, you’d [Continue]
The greatest joy I have in doing this “job” is that I get to go to places in Florida, then tell you about them. I choose or am asked to see and write about tourist spots, then share what I think and feel and see. So when we saw the sign for [Continue]
