Hooray for Hollyweird! ‘Battle Creek Brawl’ was Jackie Chan’s first U.S. feature film

We’ve begun the downturn of summer of 2025 and I’m continuing the fractured phrase: Hooray for Hollyweird! Most of us … More

Yet another shooting tragedy … and flags flying at half-staff

Flags remained flying at half-staff today (Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025) in the wake of the mass shooting at a Catholic … More

A Friday morning with this sunrise can be classified as nothing but positive for the coming day. I got this … More

Our granddog Bucky lives in Tennessee with our daughter, son-in-law and two granddaughters (with a grandson due any day now!) … More

Colorful lights are usually something you see in a celebration. However, flashing red and blue lights while you’re driving is … More

Well, folks, here we are yet again: Today is Aug. 25, 2025, and that means it is the 62nd anniversary … More

For my recommendation today of a film, there’s no other choice than Fred Zinnemann’s “The Day of the Jackal.” Today … More

It is the evening of Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025, and I’m a little delayed in posting that this is the … More

Today, Aug. 23, 2025, is national Cuban Sandwich Day! Yes, there is an annual celebration of the Cuban sandwich and … More

We’ve begun the downturn of summer of 2025 and I’m continuing the fractured phrase: Hooray for Hollyweird! Most of us … More

A beautiful spread of clouds greeted me as I ran an early errand near our home in Naples, Fla., this … More

Today (Friday, Aug. 22, 2025) showed the current weather pattern here in Southwest Florida: rain, sun, rain … and, always … More

Well, I’m all set with snacks and food for this weekend’s kickoff to the 2025 college football season. It’s Friday, … More

A cup of midday tea today (Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025) served as a reminder that the 2025 college football season … More

You know you’re getting old(er) when you spy a car with an antique-designated plate that hasn’t been around as long … More

The Collier County Sheriff’s Office continues to move this decoy vehicle to different locations and changed its position after the … More

It is Sunday morning on Aug. 17, 2025, and a nice sunrise greeted me as I ran an early morning … More

A promotional “still” photograph from the movie “How I Got Into College.”We’ve begun the downturn of summer of 2025 and … More

We are near the end of this year’s annual Afternoon Tea Week! Today is Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, and Afternoon … More

A visit to the Headquarters branch of the Collier County Public Library always means the possibility of taking a photo … More

We’ve begun summer of 2025 in earnest and I’m continuing the fractured phrase: Hooray for Hollyweird! Most of us love … More

Here’s the first “busy” graphic from the National Hurricane Center for the 2025 Atlantic season. “Busy” in the sense that … More

Back to School! Today (Monday, Aug. 11, 2025) is the first day of school for students K-12 here in Collier … More

Summer isn’t “officially” over, but for students, the fun will now revert back to school classrooms today (Monday, Aug. 11, … More