Opinion Archive

When we name our children, we are always going for something special.

Some of us name them after family members. Some are going for old-fashioned or biblical.

Being on top is usually a good position. It is the place which denotes exceptional accomplishment and has the best view, especially of those below who are looking up in anticipation of reaching the pinnacle.

There is one genus of a native wildflower that begins its colorful display at the top, literally. The blazing stars activate its annual flowering at the top of its towering bloom spike and works its way down the green stalk.

I met Rev. Williams through his son, who served on a church staff with me. It was early in my ministry. He was near the end of life, his mind ravaged by dementia, living in a care facility. Sometimes when I visited him, he was lucid; often he was not.

Every Wednesday, his son would bring him to the church to have lunch with the staff. The staff’s lunch conversations were lively affairs, sometimes humorous, sometimes serious.

Navarre’s Cooking! Today we learned that Buffalo Wild Wings, Slim Chickens, and Smoothie King have filed paperwork to build in Navarre.

And, we have a Dunkin Donuts in the works near our new Aldi, and I’m sure there will be more restaurants announced soon. I hope you are hungry!

The other day you printed a article that stated that 66% of the residents of Navarre would support incorporation.

Last Thursday, the Navarre Press printed a article on the same subject and printed the number that supported incorporation and the number that were against incorporation.

Santa Rosa County Code needs to address horse manure management in residential districts just as other counties in Florida have done.

Santa Rosa County allows two horses on a one-acre residentially zoned lot. There is a large free-standing horse manure pile on the property. Heavy rains flood the property into the roadway.

We live in an interesting country, one that picks and chooses when it wants to hear what athletes have to say about a relevant topic.

We know that if the opinion of the athlete fits their belief or narrative, or if it doesn’t make them uncomfortable, people are quick to buy tickets for that bandwagon.

“Eat your vegetables,” is the anthem of almost every parent during mealtime when juveniles are involved.

For one set of butterfly parents in Santa Rosa County, there has never been the need to entice their young to consume the peas. The long-tailed skipper’s larva is known for an appetite which focuses on a variety of pea species, along with a few others.

Since I last wrote this column, I have become the proud – if uncertain – owner of a rescued bearded dragon youngster. Rescued implies some dramatic heroism on my part, which is simply not the case.

Elbie, short for L.B., which is short for Little Beardie, had a lovely first few months of his youth with a Crestview family.