The watch of the Lynx

Driving home along 8th Avenue in Gainesville one night, Lauren Groff and Clay Kallman saw what looked like a giant house cat. It was about three times the size of a normal cat, with tufted ears and no tail. When they got home, they realized they had seen a lynx. 

At the time, the couple had been trying to figure out whether their vision to bring an independent bookstore to Gainesville was possible. They’d found a space, but in Groff’s words, “it was a disaster. It was scary.” … Read moreThe watch of the Lynx

Big Dogs and a Bigger Mission

Joe Pimentel could be the most protected man in the world. At the Florida Rottweiler Rescue Ranch, Pimentel spends his days caring for more than 100 large dogs in the beating sun and the suffocating Gainesville humidity. Working through piles of floating dog hair, pools of slobber and a smell only a dog rescue could produce, Pimentel wouldn’t have it any other way … Read moreBig Dogs and a Bigger Mission