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Caring For Both Generations: Estate Planning For The Sandwich Generation

By Laurie E. Ohall, Florida Board-certified Elder Law Attorney July was National Sandwich Generation Month, recognizing the millions of adults who are raising children while also caring for aging parents. If that sounds familiar, you know how challenging it can be to balance the…

God’s Power In Our Weakness

“But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.” — 2 Corinthians 4:7. Sometimes I feel the inspiration to write but the words just won’t come — or at least not words that adequately get…

Grace Notes: Living With Predators

I seethed over the callous thief who’d scammed my vulnerable widowed friend out of a significant portion of her retirement fund. How could anyone intentionally maul others like that? My prayer walk quickly morphed into a rant as I called on the wrath of God to flash down and…

Get The Dirt: Grasses As Gift Ideas For Gardeners

As you well know, gardeners love receiving and gifting plants. There are several grasses you may want to consider. These include cordgrass, muhly grass, lovegrass, sea oats and wiregrass. There are five native species of cordgrass (Spartina spp.) in Florida. Sand cordgrass is…

Oracle of Ybor: I think the universe is telling me to stop binge drinking

Dear Oracle, I have this feeling from the universe telling me to stop binge drinking. It felt like dread. Something telling me to knock it off. Am I hallucinating, or is the universe really trying to get me to stop?—Signing Off? Cards: King of Cups, Ten of Wands (reversed), Last…

Florida Sheriffs Association is ‘significantly concerned’ about property tax cut amendment

Two months after it was placed on the November ballot, the Florida Sheriffs Association (FSA) is weighing in on Amendment 3, the proposed property tax cut that, if enacted, could reduce local government funding by billions of dollars in the coming years. The group is one of the…

USF researchers study an Antarctic sea squirt to fight skin cancer cells

A group of researchers are studying an Antarctic sea squirt that can be used as a tool to fight against skin cancers, like melanoma.

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