09.30.21 Editor’s Desk
When my husband and I visited my hometown for Labor Day, it was a trip up to Ohio but down memory lane. We drove so I could clean out my parents’ garage, a task I’ve put off since moving to Florida 14...
View Article10.28.21 Editor’s Desk
If you want a kid to become a strong and independent reader, give them a comic book. It’s unsolicited advice I tend to give anyone who interacts with children they love. That’s because it worked on me....
View Article10.28.21 Editor’s Desk
As I have written about before in year’s past, I am not a huge fan of Halloween. I know, I know, I’m a bad gay. I just can’t get into dressing up, whether it’s in a cumbersome or skimpy costume, I...
View Article11.24.21 Editor’s Desk
As more people get vaccinated against COVID-19 and we slowly get “back to normal,” one of the things that I am most happy to again partake in is heading back to the movies. I have been in love with the...
View Article11.24.21 Editor’s Desk
The original “Ghostbusters” took the sci-fi scene by storm around six months before I was born, but the 1984 film still became one of my earliest obsessions. If nothing else, throughout my youth I...
View Article12.23.21 Editor’s Desk
I feel like the term “dumpster fire” could be used to describe the last few years. We went from a 4-year period led by an unqualified, egomaniacal president to a worldwide pandemic that has claimed the...
View Article12.23.21 Editor’s Desk
The end of the year has always been my favorite time, starting with Thanksgiving. As a child it was one of the few occasions my extended family all came together under one roof. In my youngest years...
View Article01.06.22 Editor’s Desk
My first Watermark column was published Jan. 11, 2018, just one month into my role as Tampa Bay Bureau Chief. That means this issue marks four years of sharing my opinion here, which I now proudly get...
View Article01.06.22 Editor’s Desk
I know I am not alone in declaring that the last two years have not lived up to expectations. The worldwide pandemic has left many of us feeling isolated, fractured and surrounded by chaos. The longer...
View Article02.03.22 Editor’s Desk
With January and a full year of the Biden administration firmly in the rearview, I’ve been thinking a lot about the president’s promise to Build Back Better. Social media makes it impossible not to....
View Article02.03.22 Editor’s Desk
More and more these days, I find myself needing distractions from the ridiculousness coming from the more conservative side of our country. The group that jumps at any opportunity to call progressives...
View Article03.03.22 Editor’s Desk
From the ongoing pandemic to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it’s clear that we live not just in uncertain times but in an uncertain world. It’s tempting to say that society is worse off than it’s ever...
View Article03.03.22 Editor’s Desk
I have always been a fan of the actor Michael Keaton, and this past week my love for him grew as I watched him accept his Screen Actors Guild award, and not just because at the age of 70 he ran and...
View Article03.31.2022 Editor’s Desk
As the old adage goes: “Show me your friends and I’ll tell you who you are.” I’m sure we have all heard that at some point in our lives from a parent, guardian or a teacher. But for those few who...
View Article03.31.2022 Editor’s Desk
Of everything I thought I might write about in this issue, my personal thoughts on swimming were nowhere near the top of the list. I’ve never been that great at it and as far as my interest in the...
View Article04.28.22 Editor’s Desk
I love what I do. I realize there are many people working in this country and around the world who can’t say that and I thank the universe every chance I get for getting to do something that I’m...
View Article04.28.22 Editor’s Desk
I don’t publicly share many personal thoughts about the stories I write at Watermark. We work diligently to keep opinions out of our news coverage and it’s a mission I don’t want to distract from. It’s...
View Article05.25.22 Editor’s Desk
Florida became the 36th state to recognize marriage equality one month before I asked my boyfriend to marry me. It was one of the most exciting moments of my life. It was also one of the most...
View Article05.26.22 Editor’s Desk
As we prepare to celebrate another LGBTQ Pride Month, I have been thinking a lot about the first time I felt proud and a part of an LGBTQ community. I came about nearly 20 years ago, and while my...
View Article06.23.22 Editor’s Desk
When I was younger, we tended to move every couple of years. They weren’t all big, cross-country moves, but rather mostly short moves a few hours across Florida’s I-4 corridor and tied to a combination...
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