No two people are afraid of exactly the same thing. Take me and my daughter. ...more

February 12, 2009

My daughter is a puppy. A spotted puppy. It's an important distinction. Her breed may be a mystery, but her markings have been mapped with a surveyor's precision. She has a black ring around her right eye, three spots on her rump, a spot on her left rear "paw" and a black-tipped tail. ...more

October 26, 2008

STATISTICS KILLS

September 18, 2008

Tess Pokorny's love of sewing began when she was a young girl, and, as the co-owner of Scrap and Sew Inc., she's passing along the pleasure of that pastime to a new generation. ...more

August 11, 2008

It's summertime, and these girls could be at the beach or the movies. Instead, they are inside, seated at sewing machines, listening intently to instructions from teacher Tess Pokorny. ...more

August 6, 2008

A Sebring woman remained in Highlands County Jail in lieu of $7,000 bond Monday after sheriff's investigators say she intentionally bit a 1-year-old boy on the face to discipline the baby for head-butting and biting. ...more

July 15, 2008

There's a moment in "Fool's Gold" when Matthew McConaughey, as a flaky treasure hunter, finds himself stranded in the middle of the ocean, bobbing up and down as he clings to an ice chest, baking in the stillness of the sun and praying that someone will come by and rescue him. ...more

February 6, 2008