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In The Garden: Buttonwood is the tree by the sea

Buttonwood is a favorite native, grown as a multi-trunk shrub or in standard tree form, and comes in both a green variety (Conocarpus erectus) or a silver variety (Conocarpus erectus var. sericeus). Sometimes referred to as “button mangrove,” the plant is often found growing just inland of ...

Safe at Sea: Stormy weather

After the sudden and turbulent storm on March 12, I’ve decided that a review of stormy weather precautions is in order (that, and the pending hurricane season). We were outside when that storm hit, luckily just a few houses down the street. Still, it was a reminder of just how quickly the ...

Faces on Faith: The same or different?

Question: Is Christian Science and Scientology the same thing? Answer: No. Actually, they’re really quite different. Christian Science was founded in 1879 as a Christian denomination by a New England woman named Mary Baker Eddy. Scientology was founded in 1953 as an independent religion ...

Recipe of the Week: Vanilla Gelato

1/2 cup heavy cream 3 1/2 cups milk 3/4 cup sugar 8 egg yolks 1 pinch of salt 1 vanilla bean, split in half Heat cream, milk, vanilla bean and sugar for four to five minutes and let cool slightly. With a wooden spoon, beat eggs with a pinch of salt until released, and then add to ...

Poetic License: ‘Rap Sonnet: We’ll Take Our Poetry’

(For PoetryFest 2022) We’ll take our poetry from wherever it comes, From seniors in rest homes, from rappers in slums, From housewives in kitchens, slammers in cafés, From yuppies in condos, from Jamals and Joses From professors in colleges and teens asking why Our poetry will ...

SCCF provides legislative update on Week 9

The 2022 legislative session was extended by three days last week to end on March 14. Legislators needed the extra time to negotiate some disputed items including SB 2508, the controversial water bill introduced late in the session. House Bill 5001 — the $112.1 billion General Appropriations ...