By Sharon Whitley Larsen Confronted with last year's government shutdown, many travelers had to scramble to redo their travel plans. That included my husband Carl and me. We had previously booked our flight from San Diego to Chicago to visit Carl's d... Read More
By Victor Block Crystal River, Florida, a village perched on the state's west coast, has a human population of about 3,400 people. During the winter months they're joined by more than 400 manatees. Those large, droll-looking mammals — sometimes... Read More
By Victor Block In 1503, Christopher Columbus came upon a group of islands in what today is known as the Caribbean Sea. The Arawak-Taino people who lived there called the atolls caiman (crocodile) because of the many semiaquatic reptiles with which t... Read More
By Fyllis Hockman He was a smooth operator, this one — his silky body caressing mine in most provocative ways. But I knew we wouldn't be leaving together as his home was a large sandbar he shared with several of his wingmen - very large wingmen... Read More
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