How Do You Care For A Chronically Toxic Parent? Dear Lyn: I read your column and always look forward to the helpful hints and stories you share. My problem is one I have not seen in your column. How do you tell whether a person who has always been nasty and unpleasant is becoming more so because of age-related problems or just because her lifelong personality is becoming more pronounced as she gets older? ...more

June 6, 2008

"The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square," by Ned Sublette (Lawrence Hill Books, $24.95) ...more

May 25, 2008

Jashonia Stephens will participate in the National 2008 Miss Junior Teen Tampa pageant Sunday at the A La Carte Event Pavilion, 4050 Dana Shores Drive. ...more

February 23, 2008

Douglas wasted no time fitting in with Allison and Keith Gadd, but he had to get over his shyness when he first met the Plant City couple. ...more

February 11, 2008

I'm a people watcher. It comes with being a writer, and it's at least partly why I knew at a very young age that writing would be my life. ...more

January 20, 2008

As always, when the final few skaters drifted off the ice at the end of Friday's Lightning practice, Marty St. Louis was among them. ...more

January 12, 2008

When Charlotte Clark left SunTrust Bank after more than 25 years to work for SouthShore Community Bank, many SunTrust customers and employees in Sun City Center were surprised and disappointed. ...more

November 22, 2007

He's quick, agile, long-armed and able to leap over and around just about anyone he faces. ...more

November 17, 2007