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Subscription price 24.00 one-year domestic subscription. Copyright Inc. All rights reserved. No part this publication may be reproduced without written permission publisher. Opinions expressed contributors not necessarily those TRADITIONAL TOGETHERNESS Make holidays unifying affairs he wonderful holiday season finally here Are excited I hope so. time set aside our many anxieties refocus higher things. That can sometimes hard, know, so let me provide some encouragement. Remember have always been togetherness. Its putting differences enjoying closer relationships. Most traditions built foundation community. Families friends get together celebrate, whole communities. Many people havent gotten out much these past couple years--we know why--so maybe visit community tree-lighting, attend concert, back church, just treat yourself special dinner festive decorations during shopping. Sharing family other lift spirits reenergize you, dont discount social benefits season. 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RANDALL NIEHOFF Those eat together... man travels over search what returns it. --George Moore Irish novelist, dramatist, critic his old song 1818 was taught at boys summer camp when gathered hall first meal together. away families. Asked hold milk glasses high as if were toast ready rock side chairs, leaned loudly lyrics Let every fellow join song. compagnie Success each pass along. vive lamour, Hey growing sense feeling reinforced launched second verse along... Thanks musical sentiments, ties bind began work their magic Three generations preteen campers, teenage counselors, adult administrative staff communicating, food tasted better, nights scary, enthusiastically jumped daily activities life no longer like strangers but rather teammates. Such sorely needed between days, especially travelers descend islands line along Gulf Coast November December. matter categories describe try define person age, race, class, gender, etc., process building bridges instead walls folks quite simple step 2 take turns talking listening face face. You even need rousing Step 1. word companion two Latin words com panis bread. What kind doesnt matter--both favorites conversation starters. locals understand opportunities provided sitting consume either sea swamp. native South, John Dozier tells brought English bride reunion. bit apprehensive, she unfamiliar number things discussed gathering, including consumption frog legs. they taste asked one cousins. Well, explained, sort alligator. Welcome 2. Today society living circle gathers holiday, learned read write oneroom schoolhouse could next takes virtual classes pursue degree. Heres rundown widest generation gap history Greatest Generation born 1910-1924 Silent 1925-1945 communicated via formal letters face-to-face conversations. When Baby Boomers 1946- 1964 came along, preferred means communication telephone and, later, email. Gen X 1965-1979 went full email texting Millennials 1980-1996 media primary forms communication. Z 1995-2012 communicates almost exclusively using screen hand-held devices. charismatic joyful professional chefcooking teacher, Julia Child, summed best way involved involve food. Good eating company marks civilized living, agree Without them, wed savages. Ran Niehoff gathering dine dialogue since 1991. 13 ANN MARIE OPHELAN From curbside delivery, well never easier L ets it, come easy. busy days work, home, responsibilities. Instead stopping fast-food drive-through, convenience store, heating leftover leftovers, there great choices there. One convenient option meal-delivery service. 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Guests music, educational CROWs 2020 winner Best Dessert category Spoondrift Island Bowls. former education outreach director, Rachel Rainbolt, veterinarian Robin Bast. seminars kayak fishing, craft vendors, featuring local seafood clam chowder, grouper, smoked fish. prefer burgers nuggets delicious selection too. family-friendly kids activities, climbing, bounce houses, rides. More clamjamswfl.com. 17 BETH LUBERECKI issue, lowdown fabulous fragrances luxurious lotions, beauty must-haves, everything PERFECT YOUR PORES Wish pores werent prominent Try BlissDisappearing Act Niacinamide PC Pore Vanish Shrink Blur Serum 19.99. Suitable skin types, intensive formulation includes ingredients niacinamide form vitamin B3 strengthen skins protective barrier, mushroom rose canina extracts reduce oiliness tighten minimize appearance pores, green tea extract balance protect free-radical damage. should results go by, youll getting parabens, phthalates, formaldehyde, petrolatum. 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CVS DAVID ACEVEDO tattoo studio blends metaphysical creative INK Light Hand Tattoo Healing Arts shop west downtown yet First Street neighborhood. heres very place, West healing energy converges creativity spirituality. Crystals, potted succulents, dreamcatchers, artwork, artistry books greet upon arrival Arts. talented Ananda War created amazing tattoos opening her doors August 2019. crystal desire foster art communities blend. War, ability create control own schedule only important, pivotal. decided studio, realized wanted gentle possible senses impact neutral beneficial possible, whose goal host workshops team professionals offering artistic, metaphysical, holistic reiki, interior design, graphic massage, divinations, acupuncture. ideas day-to-day experiences world--with aspects, hybrid mixing crystals esoteric visual arts brings power elements conscious varying degrees intensity, chair birds, crystals, clouds, buildings, adds artist. quick acknowledge her, mentoring collaboration received artists tattooers world, continues push myself hone craft. Among these, Erin La Vallee, Lopi, Andy Howl, Felicia Marshall, Colin Orion, Jay Gardner, Shannon Misitano, Matt Lawrence, Savannah Leslie. Others admire afar too list, Dillon Forte, T.Radz, Cui, Squire Strahan around top, ink master, deeply inspired expressing spiritual concepts through symbolism. Salvador Dali inspires weird out, Carl Jung guides explore how consciousness overlaps collective compare significance symbols cross-culturally, whereas Jai Dev Ram Dass witness, mission, War. possible. --Ananda sees tattooing co-creative clients. young entrepreneur struggled pandemic closing months. strange everyone, industry, feels industry overlooked left regarding reopening closure procedures. As first-time owner, feel survive anything after grateful clients patiently awaiting reopening. Danielle Renee traveled Port Charlotte worth minute, Renee, enjoys stones, books, specialty inventory shop, sleeve-length flower- mandala-inspired tattoo. Everything positive vibe space addictive, concludes. Wars road, traveling conventions doing guest spots studios. Although satisfied 21 serene space, intended clear relax mind, before session. cross-culturally. creatively capable doing, still room improvement growth. artist, describes style illustrative surrealism. She likes convey loves contrast longevity clean linework. Making mandalas sacred geometric pattern meditative her. started 2012 under mentorship best-known Howl GalleryTattoo Myers. He trained street artist whatever client asks me, adaptable black gray tattoos, process. 22 paintings display studio. balances deep breaths self-affirmations. Being mother year-old easy, counts husbands help, understanding rest family. Remembering perfection imperfection within imbalance strength continue, admits. Acevedo award-winning writer founder DAAS CO-OP Art Gallery Gifts Union Artist Studios. bachelors degree University Puerto Rico, Mayagez Campus. IF YOU GO 2150 W. Street, Suite A1, lighthandarts.com Hands open Saturdays, 2-5 pm. appointments, lavallee17gmail.com lighthandartsgmail.com. 23 ERIK ENTWISTLE unassuming fruit grows H ave ever tried longan Until moving had heard small, round, unassuming-looking fruits, spotting Farmers Market, some. And theyre yard. Only commercial production 1990s, recent Floridas tropical landscape, sure gain popularity. similar well-known lychee, being members soapberry Sapindaceae. longan, however, neither large nor juicy smooth dull tan opposed dramatic, pinkish-red bumpy-skinned lychee. Moreover, less pronouncedly perfumed having musky resembling cantaloupe. Despite appearing ugly stepsister distinct appeal. appeal ritual hand. First, crack brown skinshell fingernail simply use fingers squeeze split stem exposes white, translucent flesh fruit, eyeball, seed visible inside enhancing effect. Indeed, name derives Cantonese term dragon eye. After admiring eyeball appearance, pop mouth, tongue separates discarded desired, empty shell halves. Turns neater cherries, staining pits nowhere go, lychees, leak juice tends cling seed. With us, ourselves planting tree, resembles quality farmers market uneven. planted Thai named Biew Kiew, obtained FruitScapes Nursery Pine Island. Growing trouble trees actually soil pests, mind considering adding tree landscape. foremost size 30- 40-feet tall, wide growth habit requiring recommended 25-foot spacing plants. Once consider staking gets established, ours toppled windstorm propped up. taller, ripening become reach require ladder andor pruning saw assist harvesting. Fruits ripen once August, idea freeze whole. one, remove freezer stand minutes run water thaw shell. frozen sorbet-like treat. Speaking harvests, varieties produce erratically, skip fruiting entirely. example, produced 2019 Fortunately, wait. Pianist, instructor, musicologist Entwistle lives teaches Sanibel. writes Tuned column hobby vegetables sustainable gardening methods. 25 stay tuned W Traveling music hat stroll bustling Paris, gaze upward Pragues Vysehrad Castle Vltava River, cruise Mediterranean ports call Palermo, Tunis, Valencia, spend relaxing evening gardens Alhambra Spain--all span hour Physically preposterous, yes, imagination app, embark enticing tour cueing following works An American Paris George Gershwin 1928 Homeland Bedich Smetana 1874 Escales Ports Jacques Ibert 1922 En el Generalife Nights Gardens Spain Manuel de Falla 1915 nationalist subtext, wherein composer elevates homeland, often political implications, informs Romantic period beyond. previous SeptemberOctober described vicarious trip Venice Mendelssohns gondola songs, derived specific places point composers direction so-called program 19th century. plethora programmatic compositions emerged era trend Mendelssohn develop travel-inspired works, followed. diverse pieces listed here, listeners observe approaches taken centuries writing places. top list Gershwins tone poem, series impressions musically Roaring Twenties. specifically, noted, purpose portray visitor strolls city, listens noises, absorbs French atmosphere. noises actual taxi horns, hand-picked U.S. New York premiere. horns famously brisk moments, inject humorously dissonant notes realism score. Later, shifts blues reflect visitors homesickness, subjective, romantic approach inner feelings loneliness ebullient, outward experience Parisian spectacle. ambivalence Smetanas symphonic poem Die Moldau German, river flows southern central Bohemia. unabashedly nationalisTOTI.COM 27 tic father Czech idealizes land, legends, region. depicts scenes flowing passes countryside, reaches climax historic Vysehrad. beyond-- Sibelius Finlandia, Tchaikovskys 1812 Overture, Chinese Yellow River Piano Concerto, polonaises mazurkas Chopin. nationalistic contrasts Iberts Escales, emphasis exoticism evokes foreign stereotyped characterizations. case, did rely solely imagination, done related wife honeymoon. Their Palermo signaled tarantella, Tunisia snake charmer plaintive tune oboe, Valencia familiar Spanish folk-music motifs abound strongly marked Iberian character. entertaining postcards far cry earnestness seem superficial tourists visits lands. last piece remain Spain, composer, Falla. movement piano orchestra entitled transports Granada. Like exotic-sounding early 20th-century piece. exotic element linked palaces ornate designs Islamic heritage, jasmine-scented gardens, same homegrown Andalusian music. Ibert, overt nationalism Smetana, evocations sound, words, yielding melancholy mystery--a beautiful complete day. occasion listen playlist, encounter certain recall already enjoy, asking questions intentions points view How does relate nonmusical, And, importantly, why succeed fail move ErikEntwistlereceived undergraduate Dartmouth College. earned postgraduate performance Washington St. Louis doctorate musicology California, Santa Barbara. 28 GINA BIRCH HOT COCKTAILS Keurigstyle coffee brewer, hot cocktails instant. 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