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Photos Can Bring the Whole Family Together
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Photos Can Bring the Whole Family Together

By Carleton Varney

Remembrance to me often is linked to photographs. I think this time of year is a great time to pull out the scrapbooks and the photo albums — and to perhaps pull up old digital...
Garden Room Inspiration From Tulips and Thai Orchids
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Garden Room Inspiration From Tulips and Thai Orchids

By Carleton Varney

The new Palm Beach season has arrived, and that means we are soon to put the hurricane months behind us. So for those lucky enough to be in Palm Beach, let us celebrate the new...
Children Learning at Home Need Rooms That Work
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Children Learning at Home Need Rooms That Work

By Carleton Varney

During the coronavirus pandemic, children have been spending more time at home — and many are also attending school from there, thanks to the wonders of virtual technology, the dedication of teachers and the vigilance of parents....
Heirlooms Still Have a Place In Homes
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Heirlooms Still Have a Place In Homes

By Carleton Varney

Remember the Irish dresser, that pine cabinet with upper shelves for displaying dishware? It was the one with the perfect recess to display teacups, saucers, plates, glasses, rosary beads, perhaps even the family prayer book....
Jet-Set Design Takes Flight at TWA Hotel
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Jet-Set Design Takes Flight at TWA Hotel

By Carleton Varney

When it’s time for up, up, and away — and you’re departing from or arriving at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport — you might consider a stop at the TWA Hotel, where I...
October Means It Is Time For Pumpkins
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October Means It Is Time For Pumpkins

By Carleton Varney

It’s pumpkin time — and that, to me, means it’s time for pumpkin pie, one of my favorites. I get mine at Upper Crust Bakery at 2015 S. Dixie Highway in Lake Worth Beach. That...
A Visit To Charleston
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A Visit To Charleston

By Carleton Varney

In these days of the coronavirus pandemic, heading out on the open roads can offer welcome relief from the every day. Driving Interstate 95 north from Palm Beach engenders a sort of visual solace, I find,...
Rosa Jewelry Boutique is a Colorful Gem
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Rosa Jewelry Boutique is a Colorful Gem

By Carleton Varney

If you are out and about and happen to come across Rosa Estate Jewelry, a gem of a jewelry boutique on South Dixie Highway, you are in for a treat. Not only will you see...
Obsolete? Not Necessarily
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Obsolete? Not Necessarily

By Carleton Varney

I’m not ashamed to say it: I grew up in the days of the typewriter. Yes, I’m talking about that heavy machine with little black letters and numbers on white keys — or vice versa...