Jan. 8, 2009 ...more

January 8, 2009

The sun is warm, Tarpon Springs' Sponge Docks is full of tourists, and George Billiris is in his element. ...more

December 6, 2008

I stood alone at the corner of the 300-year-old rock church in Wilmington, Del. The only other living being seemed to be an angry squirrel, hanging upside down in a maple tree, his tail shaking as he made it clear I was not welcome in the old cemetery. ...more

September 28, 2008

"The Story of Edgar Sawtelle," by David Wroblewski (Ecco, $25.95) ...more

August 24, 2008

In 1936, a photograph was taken of my extended family, the Klafehns, in front of our old homestead in Walker, N.Y. We were at our annual reunion. The black-and-white picture shows siblings, aunts, uncles, grandchildren, parents and cousins. I am a little girl age 5, sitting in the first row. ...more

July 13, 2008

Authorities on Tuesday named a 26-year-old man as the victim of a house fire June 30 in east Hernando County. ...more

July 9, 2008

Authorities on Tuesday named a 26-year-old man as the victim of a house fire June 30. ...more

July 9, 2008