My View

My View – September 2021

With deference to the great Yogi Berra and in today’s parlance, it sure seems as if we’ve “been there done that” when it comes to this pandemic. Just when we thought […]

My View – August 2021

It happened again. This column took a sharp turn as I was polishing-up a completely different piece, and was unexpectedly but pleasantly interrupted […]

My View – July 2021

As town reemerges from isolation in the wake of the pandemic, every masked and unmasked person I bump into basically has the same thing to say: “It’s nice to be out […]

My View – April 2021

Pandemic or no pandemic, you’ve got to love April—a month that marks the end of winter and the start of spring and summer. For me, there’s never been anything better than […]

My View – March 2021

It was one year ago this March that the unthinkable happened…the mandated shutdown of normal life due to the pandemic—and life has never been, or will be, the same.

Reflecting on the […]

My View – February 2021

With 2020 mercifully in the rearview mirror, I have high hopes for the new year and feel Jacksonville will emerge from the pandemic a better place. As more of us line-up […]

My View – December 2020/January 2021

Where were you when you heard that President Kennedy had been shot? How about the day Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon? Do you remember the day the Space […]