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Consider these low cost, low care landscape strategies

“Please, consider the following…” introduced science segments on Bill Nye the Science Guy’s old show. Each video segments would try to explain complex scientific concepts through simple demonstrations. Topics included binary data, population, amphibians, color, photosynthesis and biodiversity.

Fighting the fire of inflammation

In last month’s column I wrote about cholesterol, but there is so much information on what causes heart disease and how we can fight it. First, have you ever wondered how they got this so wrong for so long? It’s really hard to undo so much incorrect information. According to Dr. Malcom Kendrick, M.

A traveling diva of a dog

I recently returned home to Kentucky for a very special occasion, my mother’s retirement after 35 years of devoted service. The trip was my first attempt to venture out since the pandemic. I hadn’t planned to forgo traveling for the past few years.

FDH and Healthy Start focus on men’s health in June

Throughout June, Men’s Health Month aims to encourage boys and men to take charge of their overall health by implementing healthy living decisions. It is crucial that men get regular checkups and be aware of the risks for their age, ethnicity and lifestyle.

Dust is a protective covering

My mother introduced me to the fine art of housework at an early age, bless her heart. She was of the old school of child rearing – an idle child is a chore undone.

Ladies tackle fishing

With some 50 seasons of charter fishing under my belt, I can tell you from personal experience many of the ladies I have taken fishing will listen more intently to my fishing advice than men.

City Commission suppresses public input

At the May 16 meeting of the Fernandina Beach City Commission, Commissioner David Ayscue referenced Forrest Gump when he said comments from the public are “like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’ll get.

Big-money kingfish

Both seasoned and beginning saltwater fishermen will have the opportunity to compete for a big payday in the many upcoming kingfish events held in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia kingfish destinations.

Fear of man will cause us to make the wrong choices

Fear of being excluded will influence us to believe that we have taken a negative route, though we have done what we know to be right. Fear of masses of people will cause us to abandon our offspring. Fear is detrimental to our ability to make sound choices.

Do something small for God, and watch what happens

Hudson Taylor, a missionary to China in the mid-1800s, once said, “A little thing is a little thing, but faithfulness in a little thing is a great thing.” Many of us, I suspect, can’t shake the feeling that we ought to do more for Christ’s kingdom.