January is almost over. My sweetheart, Amanda, graduated from Pensacola State College with her Bachelor’s in Applied Science in Administration and Supervision at the beginning of December. Graduation…
Category: columns
Speak Out January 31
Saturday, 2:14 p.m.
Chrys here. Now hear this. A delightful happening is coming to the Imogene Theatre on Saturday, February 21 at 7 p.m., the first annual United Way Santa Rosa Masquerade Ba…
There’s something to be said for simplicity
Life needs simplicity more now than ever before. In speaking with parents of young children and watching nightly news, it occurred to me my generation has dealt our children a bad hand when it comes …
Speak Out January 24
Tuesday 4:57 p.m.
I live up in Jay. I’m 83 years old and I try to keep the neighborhood looking as good as possible by picking up trash. I have not had a garbage can. Today’s the 20th. It’s 5 p.m.…
A bumblebee and a piano
One of my status updates on Facebook this week read ‘I’m signed up for piano lessons!’
Indeed. I am very excited and took my first lesson this week. This is a big deal for me, as someone in their …
Speak Out January 21
Thursday 12:13 p.m.
Why was Netanyahu at the march in Paris? … President Obama had more grace than most of these people that represented the world in there. Only a few can say they were there for …
Extremist, the four-letter word
There are several political arguments over terrorist attacks lately. Some of them have to do with how to respond while the loudest seem involved in what to call it. Is it Islamic Extremism? Are they …
Speak Out January 17
Monday, 12:06 p.m.
This is Ben in Pace. We have a group of people on Bell lane that were picking up trash. They do this periodically. Two days later it looks like it hasn’t even been picked u…
Speak Out for January 14
Thursday 11:32 a.m.
This is Kathy and I am reading in the Pensacola paper that Santa Rosa County is attracting new businesses who want to invest and here we shut down the trash hauling companies and…
Je suis Charlie
I’ve been in the news business for less than a year, but the terrorist attack in Paris hit too close to home. Obviously, the only similarity the Santa Rosa Press Gazette and Charlie Hebdo share is th…