I think the Tampa Theatre and I came into being the same year. Maybe I haven't held up as well, but it still gives me a thrill to go there and sit in the audience waiting for that glorious organ to come rising up from the stage, with the most wonderful music filling the hall. For a few moments, I'm a kid again, and we're singing to the bouncing ball on the screen. Oh, I never got over the thrill of it. ...more

June 8, 2009

Death has always been a part of life. There's evidence that even as far back as 60,000 B.C., Neanderthals were burying their dead with flowers. Every culture has its own traditions and superstitions that accompany death. These are just a few: ...more

November 10, 2008

Eddie Rosenbaum once shared the dream of every youth football player to line up at quarterback and be the one to lead his team to victory. ...more

September 19, 2008

"Undiscovered Country," by Lin Enger (Little, Brown and Co., $24) ...more

August 31, 2008

"I admit I'm a stickler for grammar," my friend the English professor told me in the club lounge, "but to me, 'A Christmas Carol' lacked the Ghost of Christmas Present Perfect." ...more

December 17, 2007

Visiting the Henry B. Plant Museum in December is like a trip to Christmas past, without a ghost as guide. ...more

November 28, 2007