During the workday, Mark Sprouse's mind, body and soul are with the land -- down, dirty and diligent -- working hard to reap his harvest of strawberries. ...more

December 26, 2007

During the workday, Mark Sprouse's mind, body and soul are with the land, working hard to reap his harvest of strawberries. ...more

December 26, 2007

Remember those warnings that started popping up before Thanksgiving? "Only 60 Shopping Days Until Christmas!" Well, now you've done it. You've waited until Christmas Eve, and you still have shopping to do. On what is a workday for many of us, no less. This is not the time for scoldings, though. This is the time for action. Here is a game plan to get you started. ...more

December 24, 2007

Jeff Hucknall kicks off his workday with Circle K coffee and a pinch of Copenhagen. He jumps behind the wheel of a Ford pickup that serves as home office and roving business. ...more

December 24, 2007

Long before the sun comes up, the cafeteria nestled into a corner of the Rays' academy is cranking out arepas. ...more

December 16, 2007

In two weeks, Venezuela seems likely to start an extraordinary experiment in centralized, oil-fueled socialism. By law, the workday would be cut to six hours. Street vendors, homemakers and maids would have state-mandated pensions. And President Hugo Chavez would have significantly enhanced powers and be eligible for re-election for the rest of his life. ...more

November 17, 2007

WHO: The Angels, a handful of women and one man (Larry Olmstead, 72, who lugs in supplies) who gather weekly at CARES Hudson Bayonet Point Enrichment Center to make cloth dolls for children in need of cheer and comfort. ...more

November 12, 2007

Victoria Lim spent her last day as News Channel 8's Senior Consumer Reporter Thursday. ...more

November 8, 2007

It's the gift shop that gives back. Since 1971, hundreds of auxiliary volunteers in the South Florida Baptist Hospital have spent hundreds of thousands of hours of service running Gifts Etc., the hospital's gift shop. ...more

October 31, 2007

Have you ever noticed that the best communication usually happens at the end of the day? When we are so tired we don't feel like talking, and even less like listening, that's when the truest communication happens — between friends, between lovers, between marriage partners, between coworkers, even between parents and kids. One of the best ways to spend meaningful time with a child is to sit down together at the end of the day and simply ask questions, then listen — really listen — to the answers. You don't have to think up fancy questions. "What did you do today?" Or, "How was school?" can give your child a chance to vent. And telling him or her about your day shows the child you consider it a two-way relationship. That is coin of the realm when it comes to avoiding problems and heartaches down the road. ...more

October 28, 2007