7 ways to protect your mental health during challenging times

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Not long ago, I found myself standing at the kitchen counter, staring into my coffee like it might reveal all of life’s answers. Outside, the news blared another round of unsettling headlines. Inside, my mind felt like a noisy attic—full of worries, what-ifs, and to-do lists I didn’t...

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IN MEMORYWITH GRATITUDE288-3095The number rings into a void, into the ether, into a tangle of central telephone office wires leading nowhere. Sprawled on top of a hill,...

Green Tea & Spam (with apologies to Dr. Seuss)

December 13, 2008
December is one of the most beautiful months in west-central Florida. Even though it's a bit chilly for Florida, the sky is very blue, the sun very bright and the palm...

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