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Our area has an abundance of authors. Check out some...

‘Water Shapes Florida’

The new exhibit at the Florida Museum of Natural History...

Mastering Your Garden

The dog days of summer can be a good time...

Alligator Allegory

My grandparents were the first to build a home along...

Making Moves

Meet the Ocala-based casting director who has steadily been building...

From France to Ocala

Dr. Jose Gaudier will lecture about the Olympic Games Paris...

Summer Soiree

Take advantage of the great outdoors and throw a party with...

Ocala Cooks | Lisa Dorsey

Lisa Dorsey is a longtime resident of Ocala who loves...

Ocala Cooks | Leslie Callahan

Leslie Callahan is a patient advocate at The VA Villages...

Ocala Cooks | Scott Mitchell

Scott Mitchell is the director of the Silver River Museum...

Ocala Cooks | Maggie Weakley

Maggie Weakley and her husband, Kent, both noted local artists,...

Transplanting for Summer

May is a good month to move plants around your...

From Stranger to Friend (in one conversation)

Turns out, the family’s dog walker was stealing the expensive...

Finding Balance

New AdventHealth Ocala leader Erika Skula brings strong and aligned...

Turpentine Camps of Old Florida

The ‘naval stores’ industry provided much-needed jobs but at a...

History Maker

Ocala-based racehorse trainer Jena Antonucci’s coming-out party took place on...

Remembering Ross Allen

The Ross Allen Reptile Institute was long a major attraction...

Learning to Love Slowcala

My wife, Amy, and I love to walk Rigby Floyd,...

Count Your Bugs

UF/IFAS Extension Marion County is encouraging area residents to take...

4WD Adventure

Twenty two-person teams will tackle off-road park trails in this...

Driveable Destinations: Dunedin

With two state parks, links to Scottish history and a...

A Mix of Cultures in Clay

Stone tools can tell us a lot about our ancestors...

Spring Festival Time

If you have spring fever, here are three gardening events...

Alabama Takeover (AKA fraud!)

I was trying to pump gas the first time my identity...

Ocala Cooks | Capt. Joe Talley

Capt. Joe Talley is a 25-year Ocala Fire Rescue veteran...

Ocala Cooks | Elijah Rushing

Elijah Rushing is a firefighter/paramedic with Ocala Fire Rescue. He...

Ocala Cooks | Randy Walton

Randy Walton is a 24-year firefighter/paramedic/engineer with Marion County Fire...

Ocala Cooks | Gorka Aperribay

Gorka Aperribay is a first-generation American whose parents were born...

Home Sweet Stylish Home

Our homes are our sanctuaries, so it is important that...

Beauty Nearby

These botanical gardens in North Central Florida offer respite and...

Achieving Therapeutic Ketosis

Dr. Dominic D’Agostino, senior research scientist with IHMC, will lecture...

Once a Tribe, Always a Tribe

When I left the newspaper business to work for a...

The Past in Stone

Stone tools can tell us a lot about our ancestors...

The Phishing Vortex

I am a very lucky man. Just today, according to my...

Here’s to Health and Wellness

Thanks to science and fads, health and wellness topics are...

Ancient Ivory from the Silver River

A spear point made from mammoth ivory is one of...

Inspiration and Beauty in Nature

Visiting botanical gardens in the Southeast can offer respite, amazing...

Concierge Care

AdventHealth’s new care pavilion in Ocala offers a wide array...

Gifts for Gardeners and Gardens

There are lots of fun and useful items, and experiences,...

The Lost Spanish Mission Bell of the Ocklawaha

Photo by Scott Mitchum, courtesy of Silver River Museum The...

Little Horse, Big Smiles

Sassy, a Pet Partners registered therapy animal, brightens everyone’s day...

Celebrating Christmas (sort of)

Ten minutes before I sat down to write this column—in...

Driveable Destinations: Wakulla Springs

Just south of Tallahassee, Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park...

The Quantified Human

IHMC’s Chief Strategic Partnership Officer Morley Stone will lecture Dec....

The Internet of Things

IHMC’s associate director will lecture on new frontiers in technology...

Fall Gardening

Marion County’s usually pleasant late fall makes for a nice...

Driveable Destinations: Bungalows Key Largo

This adults-only, all-inclusive resort in the Florida Keys provides options...

What’s Cooking

This innovative executive chef is planning some tasty new offerings...

The Rise of the Machines

When usually benign appliances think for themselves, it can change...

Wink, Wink

Meet Nancy Gordon, a veteran writer, editor, publisher and designer,...