Tool Talk

We put hands-on quality, affordable tools that can make a difference around your home. We also detail those household projects that you’ve been waiting to tackle. Reader submissions are invited! Mini Power Pruner (pdf) Install Pool Safety Railing (pdf) Mini...

Southern on the Side

Side Dishes in Dixie are an institution. And often suffice for meals in themselves. But no question that any sit-down is made more memorable by the company it keeps, and here, we offer quick, delicious and wholesome sides that will add that missing ingredient to any...

Court Shorts

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Bird Break

Ah, those early mornings on the lanai, the silence broken by the odd frog, a NAS JAX flyover, a too-early leaf blower, and those birds! Hard to ignore, with over 520 recorded species in our neck of the woods, including year-round residents, wintering migrants, and...

Dear Miss Puddles

Residents, pets, and those golden retrievers currently pretending not to hear your names! Allow me to introduce myself. I am Miss Puddles Worthington III, though close friends may call me “Miss Puddles”, and close enemies generally call me “Your cat is on the dining...

The Potting Bench

Welcome to The Potting Bench, a new monthly feature in which we’ll be examining landscaping choices featuring native and adaptive plant options forhardiness, structure, privacy, maintenance, and color. Society Garlic (pdf) Firebush (pdf) Siam Tulip (pdf) Camellia...

EXTRA!

The odds and ends of life in Magnolia Point, observations, musings, events before and after, wildlife, mildlife, and all things in-between! View of Saratoga Springs (pdf) Special Editions (pdf) Red 9 Fairway #4 (pdf) Farmer’s Market (pdf) Click Bait (pdf)...

Generational Survival Guide

Welcome to the neighborhood! You’ve bravely settled among the rarest, and loudest, of suburban wildlife: the conservative Baby Boomer. You need this Guide if you have any hope of surviving this manicured jungle of golf carts, HOA committees, pickleball rivalries, and...

Tower Park

NOTE: Tower Park Purchase The following is the unofficial history, by Steve Witham: “Back in 2006 the developer of record, maintaining sole voting rights for the Association, decided the HOA should purchase the Tower Park property for $175,000 requiring a...

Couples 9-Hole League

The League meets on two Sundays each month beginning in late winter, through spring, for a friendly 9 holes of golf. Marriage is optional! The money may not be big, but the bragging rights are! Come join us! May 2026 (pdf) Jack & Jill 2026 (pdf) April 2026 (pdf)...

Mix Magic

Some flavors run cold, some run hot, all run deep in ‘MIXmagic’, where we feature original beverages from scratch for every taste… The Low Jack (pdf) The Siam Tulip (pdf) Paw Paw 2.0 (pdf) Coastal Cooler (pdf) Range Finder (pdf) Clam Digger (pdf)...