‘A mess of happiness’
The pretzel rat’s five-year plan shrank to about five months. On the last night of a slimmed-down stint, she scrambled to assemble her mise-en-place … Read more‘A mess of happiness’
Category: Stories
Gainesville’s local legend(z)
One Saturday in 2014, Tony Jones drove 45 minutes through the early morning darkness from his home in Starke to the Gainesville barber shop he opened earlier that year. He turned down Southwest 24th Avenue and pulled in behind his two-room studio before 7 a.m. He prepared the only chair in his shop and waited for what is normally the busiest day of a barber’s week.
And he waited … Read moreGainesville’s local legend(z)
For the love of dog
In the predawn silence of a cold January night, Kim Fowler curled up next to her dog Maddie on her plush bed and gently stroked her short caramel fur. Maddie’s body had become so emaciated that Kim could feel every rib. Maddie’s tail, usually thumping, lay still. Her breathing was raspy and labored … Read moreFor the love of dog
Compassion is her companion
The ringing of phones echoes through the Alachua County crisis center. Audrey McAnally reaches for the line that warrants her compassion … Read moreCompassion is her companion
A changing tide
Deyona Burton inhales the salt-soaked breeze, soothed under the mid-morning sun. She strolls through a parking lot at American Beach to her Honda, nicknamed Yolanda, and plucks from it her hibiscus-adorned surfboard … Read moreA changing tide