By Leslie Jacobs Suffolk, VA My love affair with the Florida Keys began several years ago with a trip to Key West to celebrate my 10 year wedding anniversary. I not only fell in love with the beauty, but with the culture and the respect that the locals had for the
By Cynthia Elia, Clermont Dear Florida, My special places are disappearing due to sprawl. Unchecked growth lines the pockets of ruthless land developers, greedy politicians, and community board members who are hostile to environmental and wildlife protection because it doesn’t benefit them financially. My special places— my rural bicycle trails,
By Tim Shanahan, Ocala When I moved my young family to Ocala in 1991 I fell in love with Silver Springs. It was the largest natural aquifer-based in the world by volume. You could float down the Silver River or ride a glass-bottom boat and see straight to the bottom.
Dear Florida, South Florida is a maze of perfectly manicured lawns, housing subdivisions, apartment complexes, strip malls next to strip malls, and Mad Max-style mega-highways. But tucked away between the never-ending developments are city and county parks that give children and families a taste of natural Florida. This is where
