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Sunny Side Up: The Birds

February 1, 2019 by Philip Long

On the lighter side of the Nonahood, this is a column about the humorous realities of life in Central Florida. We must choose to laugh and sweat rather than cry and sweat.   Have you noticed the birds? They’re everywhere. It’s getting serious. I live in constant fear of being pooped on. Add this aerial threat to the Spanish-Moss-spider-web festivals strewn across my … [Read more...]

Sunny Side Up: Holidays in Florida

January 1, 2019 by Philip Long

On the lighter side of the Nonahood, this is a column about the humorous realities of life in Central Florida. We must choose to laugh and sweat rather than cry and sweat.   The Christmas holidays gently settle upon Floridians like drifts of pollen atop our cars. Or they did. Or will. I’m not sure, newspaper publishing calendars escape me.   When I was a … [Read more...]

Local Church Determined to Be Part of the Solution

December 7, 2018 by Philip Long

Pastor Collin Outerbridge felt it as he scrolled through his Facebook feed. That nagging feeling of helplessness that comes with seeing so many people pointing fingers at others for the problems in the United States.     Outerbridge, the pastor at Nona Church, was chewing on this for a couple of weeks back when he walked into a staff meeting and said, “What if we could be … [Read more...]

Sunny Side Up: Mosquitoes, I Hate

December 5, 2018 by Philip Long

On the lighter side of the Nonahood, this is a column about the humorous realities of life in Central Florida. We must choose to laugh and sweat rather than cry and sweat.   I’m sorry for what you are about to read. Perhaps this column should be renamed Sunny-Side Down.   Who else can land on your neck, insert a straw and turn you into their favorite … [Read more...]

Sunny Side Up

November 9, 2018 by Philip Long

On the lighter side of the Nonahood, this is a column about the humorous realities of life in Central Florida. We must choose to laugh and sweat rather than cry and sweat. Traffic. That horrid beast of a word, traffic. I wouldn’t usually write about this despicable topic, save for the fact that humor can be squeezed from even the most dreadful of circumstances. … [Read more...]

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