All Blog Posts Tagged 'column' (102)

Pets’ Letters to God

One of my favorite books about pets and spirituality is spiced with insight and humor. The book, Pets’ Letters to God, was authored by Mark Bricklin, a former colleague at Rodale Press, masterfully captured the innocence and curiosity of our pets.…

By Thom Smith

Mustard and ketchup. Bees and honey. Beer and pretzels. Abbott and Costello. The Miami Dolphins and Boca Raton. They just naturally go…

“For those of us who experienced 9/11 in America, our hearts were heavy in two respects. One, because of the senseless loss of innocent life. But then there was a double blow to us, because in the process, the religion of Al-Islam was blemished, by the conduct of people who called themselves doing something in the name of…

By Arden Moore

You’re never too young to make a difference. Just ask 12-year-old Monica Plumb of Powhatan, Va. After reading in her local newspaper about firefighters using a pet oxygen mask to save the life of a dog in a house fire two years ago, the then-10-year-old did some research…

By Thom Smith

Colonel Sanders was the chicken king, but Michelle Bernstein may be the new queen, and if enough of her subjects seek an audience, it could be good news for…

By Thomas R. Collins

When I visited my mom at the nursing home the other day, I talked with the wife of another resident there.

In the dining room, with a crime drama on the TV in the background,…

By Greg Stepanich

Before James Cameron made his dream of 8-foot blue people on a distant planet come stunningly to life, makers of film and television had much more modest resources on hand when they wanted to bring the creatures of nightmare to screens large and small.…

By C.B. Hanif

September is a very busy month in the Jewish faith, and one can learn a lot about the coming holidays from Rabbis Robert A. Silvers and Randall J. Konigsburg.

From the day we adopt our pets, we promise to always be there for them. We whisper in their ears that we will care for them for their entire lives. We look forward to growing old together.

Our vows are well intended, but we can’t predict or control life’s wicked…

By Greg Stepanich

Beginning with this coming season, the Boca Raton Museum of Art will mark its 10th anniversary at its lovely building in Mizner Park.

It moved there in January 2001 after having been in a small space on Palmetto Park Road since 1950, now home to the museum’s art…

Hurricanes can put the hurry in you. When Hurricane Andrew took aim on South Florida in 1992, I stood inside my bathtub with my roommate and three puzzled cats. Living

just a mile from the ocean in Lantana, we waited for the Category 5 storm to

strike.

But Andrew fooled the meteorologists and abruptly…

Picturesque outside and serene within, the First Church of Christ, Scientist sanctuary almost belies its amazing journey from an Air Force base in Boca Raton to its

200 SE Seventh Ave. home in Delray Beach. The January 1949 move was a

logistical challenge. For example, the building had to be cut in half for…

By Thom Smith

Heads turned. Hands waved. Horns honked.

Motorists and pedestrians from Sebastian to Boca Raton had no trouble recognizing the familiar cyclist during the first week of June.…

By Greg Stepanich

Three Palm Beach County musicians got together nearly 20 years ago to found a chamber music series that would explore the broader reaches of the classical repertory,

and this month, the annual four-week series returns to provide an…

By C.B.Hanif

The blessings are likely to be mutual once again this month when Monsignor Tom Skindeleski, of St. Vincent Ferrer

Catholic Church in Delray Beach, leads his ninth annual Knights of Columbus

father-and-son contingent in service to…

By Arden Moore

Irwin Stovroff of Boca Raton is living proof that you’re never too old to make a…