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et you don’t know why the sun sets red. You see, light is made up of lots of colors. And out of all those colors, red is the one that travels the farthest,” explains Axel Red is a powerful color. It was the first color to be named after white and black and has been used ever since in pieces of art and decorations to demonstrate strong emotions like passion, love and anger. At one point the color was historically known for the revolution. This image is so strong that it symbolizes all sorts of ideas. It can physically be light and dark, it can be good and bad, it can command attention, and yet be subtle. It’s easy to get swayed in any idea that this color brings, but it’s hard to ignore all the ideas that the color red symbolizes.

With representation most often related to emotions, such as passion and love, the color red is often associated with the month of February. According to a study to find out the rankings for the most celebrated holidays in the United States depending on the number of holiday cards sold, Valentine’s Day comes in second place selling around 151 million cards (not including cards given in classrooms). Valentine’s Day is celebrated on February 14 and is commonly known as a day to celebrate someone’s love for their significant other by gifting them with red roses, cards, and chocolates.

For myself, I’ve never been a typical gift giver. I’ve always felt that handmade gifts or quality time together are more precious than any gift that can be bought. For those who might feel the same way, during the month of February, the Florida Strawberry Festival rolls into town, offering a great opportunity to spend quality time together. This eleven-day festival is full of many activities besides buying fresh strawberries. The event is full of top talented entertainment from many of my personal favorite artists such as The Oak Ridge Boys, Rascal Flatts, Reba McEntire, Patti LaBelle, Eli Young and many other amazing vocal superstars. This festival is open to all ages and includes food-eating contests, magic shows, battle of the bands, pig racing, cooking shows and more than I can mention!

The Strawberry Festival is an annual tradition in Florida that can turn a mild February day into a fun and unique one full of memories. For more information check out http://www. flstrawberryfestival.com.

For those who may not celebrate Valentine’s Day, don’t worry. There are many unique ways you can celebrate during the 28 days (or 29 days during a leap year) in the month of February. For those who don’t have a significant other to take to the Strawberry Festival, don’t worry! February 15th is known as National Single Awareness Day. This holiday was created for those who are single to treat yourself to something nice. Whether it’s going to a balmy, outdoor festival, joining friends for a walk in a park or cooking yourself a nice dinner, check out the informative calendars inside for local events around town and advertisements boasting fun places, good food, or even new ideas.

Fun can be found at home curled up with a good book suggested by Kathy Megyeri or watching Randal C. Hills’ suggested movie of the month. Point being, enjoy whatever adventures—no matter how big or small—this month has for you. Have fun and enjoy the month of Red.

Love is everywhere!

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echnically, they are known as Fragaria ananassa, but we know them as coveted delights—bright red in color and with an alluring aroma, a juicy texture and seductive sweetness. Yes, we’re talking about strawberries here, found in abundance this time of year in Plant City, Florida, the unofficial Winter Strawberry Capital of the World.

You can indulge your passion for all things strawberry at the 85th annual Florida Strawberry Festival (FSF) where, as always, you’ll find offerings of foods that are deep-fried, grilled or smoked, and all bearing the infusion of the heart-shaped fruit for which the Festival is renowned. Available to the most diverse of palettes are mouth-watering strawberry pies, cobblers, crepes, crème puffs, cheesecakes, shortcakes, jams and milkshakes, as well as—for the culinary adventurous— strawberry pizza, strawberry hamburgers and strawberry peanut butter. (Hey, you’re here only once a year, so why not try something different this time around?)

Of course, what would the FSF be without a cornucopia of top-flight musical acts? FSF president Paul Davis enthuses, “The announcement of our headline entertainment is a highly anticipated event.”

This year features the legendary Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Hailing originally from Jacksonville, Florida, they took their name from their P. E. teacher Leonard Skinner, who apparently always hassled his male students about their long hair. The veteran band is famous today for such easily recognizable works as “Sweet Home Alabama,” “Free Bird,” and “What’s Your Name?”

In the country-music world, there’s nobody bigger than Rascal Flatts. With roots in Oklahoma and Ohio, they paid $5,000 to buy the name of a defunct ‘60s garage band named (for some reason) Rascal Flatts. The trio has been hitmakers since 2000, and there’s a good chance of hearing such Number One country classics as “These Days,” “Take Me There” and “Yours If You Want It.” You can mine even more musical gold with country queen Reba McIntyre, Michael Ray, Josh Turner, the Oak Ridge Boys, Sammy Kershaw, Collin Raye, Neal McCoy and Jimmy Fortune.

Ladies, get ready to resurrect your giggly girlhood (complete with moments of ear-splitting shrieks) when cutie-pie American Bandstand icons Frankie Avalon, Oak ridge Boys

Bobby Rydell, Fabian and Chubby Checker hit the stage this year. Also on hand will be Tommy James and the Shondells, as well as Matthew and Gunnar Nelson, the tribute-offering twin sons of teen idol Ricky Nelson.

You say soul music is more your preference? How about Patti LaBelle, ex-Gap Band leader Charlie Wilson, and 98 Degrees performing for your pleasure?

Too cool!

For those seeking a musical act with minimal structure and a taste of the bizarre, there’s Bobby Bones and the Raging Idiots. You have been warned.

Concert times and prices are listed on the FSF website. Service charges apply to Internet and phone orders. See below for more information.

Each year, the highly anticipated FSF also includes agricultural and livestock exhibits, commercial displays, horticulture, fine arts and crafts, youth development programs and parades featuring colorful floats. The Bell City Midway offers 80 different rides, and the Sunny Bell Kiddie Korral is there for the little tykes.

But wait—there’s more! Don’t miss the annual Battle of the Bands, the magic show, the cow milking, the pig racing, the dog show, the circus acts and a surfeit of eating contests that usually involve—well, you know what.

Local farmers plant over 10,000 acres of strawberries annually, and nearly 3,000 Hillsborough County farms produce fruit and vegetable crops with a value of more than $360,000,000.

The FSF was started in 1930 by members of the nascent Plant City Lions Club. Obviously, the idea caught on; last year 509,000 folks eagerly came through the gates to enjoy a gala that now rivals any state fair in the nation.

Enjoy!

IF YOU GO: The 85th Annual Florida Strawberry Festival When: Thursday, February 27 through Sunday, March 8 Where: Festival Grounds, 303 N. Lemon St., Plant City hOUrs: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. Midway opens at noon Tuesday through Friday; weekends and Monday at 10 a.m.

AdvAnce cOncert tIckets: Get the best seats in advance online at www.flstrawberryfestival.com; by phone at (813) 754-1996; or in person at the Amscot Main Ticket Gate, 2209 W. Oak Avenue, Plant City.

Call (813) 719-6680 for information about ADA-accessible seating or tour group sales.

GAte AdmIssIOn: Adults 13 and older: $10. Children 6 – 12: $5.

Children 5 and under: free with paid adult.

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FlOrIdA BlUe senIOr cItIzen dAYs: On both Thursdays, seniors 60 and better receive $2 off admission at the gate.

Other: Sorry, no pets other than service dogs. No alcohol is allowed on the festival grounds. Be aware that Interstate 4 can slow to a crawl in Plant City during Festival days. One can avoid Interstate 4 by taking alternate routes. For directions see www.flstrawberryfestival.com.

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book Review

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Edited by Daniel Jones, The New York Times Company, 2019, pp. 290

‘Modern Love, True Stories of Love, Loss and Redemption’

K, I admit it. I’m a hopeless romantic who devours each of the Modern Love essays published weekly in the New York Times, but if you too have ever been in love, are searching for love, or who’s lost a love, then this book is for you. Author and long-time editor of the Modern Love columns, Daniel Jones collected 42 of the most popular, provocative and unforgettable essays from the column’s past 15 years, and the collection is proving to be one of this year’s most popular Valentine gift for book lovers and readers.

Some essays are unconventional stories, some hit close to home, some reveal the ways technology has changed dating, some explore the timeless struggles in our search for love, but all are honest and tell the larger story of how relationships begin, often fail, or if we’re lucky, endure. It’s the perfect book for someone who longs for romance or is in love, someone who’s stalked an ex on social media, or someone who is just plain interested in the endlessly complicated workings of the human heart.

The most powerful tales involve those loves that matured over time like midlife marriages, parenthood, and the loss of loved ones. In each case, as Jones points out, the vulnerability of love takes many forms as we expose ourselves to the possibility of loss as well as to the possibility of connection. He explains love as a combination of three emotions or impulses: desire, vulnerability and bravery, and these collected stories demonstrate each. They

will shock you, instruct you, and provide you with both laughter and tears. I wept when reading Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s “You May Want to Marry My Husband” in which she writes a dating profile for her husband because she’s dying from ovarian cancer and doesn’t want him to be alone after she’s gone. But readers will hardily laugh as well.

But it’s the story by Elizabeth Fitzsimons who most showed me the real strength of love. She adopted a baby girl in China, and then discovered the scar on the girl’s spine from a botched spiral surgery that caused nerve damage, paralysis, and loss of all bladder and bowel control. The adoption agency said Elizabeth could keep the damaged baby or trade her in for a healthier one.

Elizabeth kept her but back home in the states, there were seizures and a scary diagnosis. Years later, there’s a happy ending, but at the time, Elizabeth, who wrote this story on one Mother’s Day, said to the agency, “We don’t want another baby; we want our baby, the one sleeping right over there. She’s our daughter.” What bravery, what resolve, what love!

So love makes many presentations, wears many guises, and elicits many reactions. Each of the book’s essays is a gem with humor, warmth, insight, poignancy, and relatability. I want Editor Jones to compile another volume, but I wonder if I have to wait until next year to give volume two as a Valentine gift. I’d love another volume right now.

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W h e n H o n e a ’s m o t h e r w a s diagnosed with Parkinson’s, Honea began researching what she could do to help. She discovered the multiple benefits of therapeutic dance for people with Parkinson’s.

Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is the progressive, neurodegenerative disease that affects about one million Americans today.

While Parkinson’s has no known cure, experts name exercise as one of the most effective means to delay the progression of the disease. According to studies at the Stanford Neuroscience Center, dance is particularly effective in engaging motor skills that affect gait,

balance and coordination as well as the cognitive domains that are specifically affected by Parkinson’s.

Honea trained with the Mark Morris Group which developed the therapeutic dance program for people with PD. It is now being taught by more than 600 teachers around the world. Honea uses both seated and standing routines and by the end of the class, “every muscle is warmed up.”

Honea is the catalyst behind the rec ent p art n ers h i p o f T h e Sarasota Ballet and Neuro Challenge F o u n d a t i o n f o r P a r k i n s o n ’s .

“This partnership has made it possible for us to offer Dancing through Parkinson’s in this area; we are grateful for the support, generosity and commitment of the internationally acclaimed Sarasota Ballet,” said Neuro Challenge CEO Robyn Faucy-Washington.

Kate Honea, principal dancer, assistant ballet mistress and therapeutic dance instructor for The Sarasota Ballet, leads a Dancing through Parkinson’s class for people with Parkinson’s and their care partners. Pictured (L to R) Linda Garner, Rachel Dolan, Marion Shields, Kate Honea, Ann McConnachie, Brian McConnachie.

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A Dancing Through Parkinson’s class is also provided in Pinellas County through a partnership between Neuro Challenge and the City of St. Petersburg. class meets on Tuesdays, 10:45 a.m. to noon at the Azalea Recreation Center, 1600 72nd Street in St. Petersburg. For more information, call 941-926-6413.

To observe and participate in a sample Dancing through Parkinson’s class with The Sarasota Ballet, visit the Interactive Demonstration Area of the 2020 Parkinson’s EXPO on Saturday, February 29, at the Bradenton Area ConvenPinellas County Dancing through Parkinson’s class with Instructor Cynthia Montesino Alicea (4th from left) tion Center, 1 Haben Blvd., Photo credit: Carlene Cobb Palmetto, FL, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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“Our goal is for each attendee to take away from the EXPO information they can apply right away to improve the quality of their life,” said Faucy-Washington. “Education is the key to living well with Parkinson’s.”

The Parkinson’s EXPO is free and open to the public. It includes a boxed lunch, coffee and water. Neuro Challenge Foundation for Parkinson’s is dedicated to improving the quality of life of people with Parkinson’s and their caregivers. For more information on speakers, topics and to register, please visit the website: NeuroChallenge.org.

Registration is required. For more information, call (941) 926-6413.

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Adapted now from London’s beloved classic, 20th Century Fox’s The Call of the Wild brings to the screen the story of Buck, a St. Bernard/sheep dog mix

who revels in a pampered domestic life in California until his world is upended.

He is stolen from his home by the family gardener, who is deep in debt from his gambling addiction, and Buck is sold and transplanted to the Yukon to become a sled dog. There he learns to adapt to his harsh new environment as he passes through the hands of a series of cruel and bumbling owners. The once-gentle pet is starved and abused but refuses to relinquish his spirit to any man.

He eventually meets gold prospector John Thornton, a dour, grizzled outdoorsman who immediately bonds

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Gillan (Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2) Over time, Buck feels a primal stirring and Bradley Whitford (Get Out). The that he innately senses is being passed screenplay is by Michael Green (Murder on through his ancestors. He begins on the Orient Express), and the film is making excursions away from his directed by Chris Sanders (How to Train beloved John Thornton until Buck is Your Dragon). eventually finally set free to answer a The Call of the Wild opens nationwide clarion call emanating from the woods. on February 21st.

As a live-action/computergenerated imagery (CGI) hybrid, The Call of the Wild employs state-of-the-art visual effects, and we easily find the animals here to be believable characters. London purists will undoubtedly grumble during the film, as the story line sometimes deviates from the original.

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s Valentine’s Day approaches, it seems natural that one’s thoughts turn to relationships. I know mine do. And I’m struck by the changes that can occur after four decades of marriage. Early on, my darling was eager to do my bidding before I even bid. Now, I’ve registered a tectonic shift.

The shift is back to the 1960s, and I’m trapped in that old ad for Grant’s Scotch. I’m not sure how many bottles of whiskey they sold, but the slogan “As long as you’re up, get me a Grant’s” had a major impact on popular culture. It went viral before there was such a thing.

The Grant ads oozed upper-class sophistication, featuring either an elegant man or woman, dressed for a gala, seated in a chair no doubt purchased at a Sotheby’s auction.

Each body was turned slightly as if addressing an invisible off-stage partner.

Although the ad has been defunct for years, I’m happy to say that its spirit is alive and well and living in my house. With some revisions.

The man (my husband) is not wearing a tuxedo, but is dressed in golf shorts and the chair in which he sits was purchased for comfort rather than its antique value.

The woman (me) does not wear a gown, but is attired in jeans and a T shirt, and is not now, and never has been, as thin as the woman in the ad. However, the operative words remain unchanged: As long as you’re up…

Perhaps it’s my inability to remain seated for extended time periods. I’m frequently moving about during the course of an hour-long TV show. So it doesn’t

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seem unreasonable that a voice from the other room calls out “As long as you’re up, get me a glass of club soda.” He swears he has no recollection of ever seeing that ad, but the words flow from him as easily as scotch over ice.

It’s not always club soda.

Sometimes it’s a piece of chocolate.

Or ice cream. Or a sweater because he’s chilly. Really, it’s all okay. I’m happy to do it. As long as I’m up.

Occasionally, however, I hear a slightly different request, one preceded by if you’re getting up…, or, when you go upstairs…, assuming a fact not in evidence.

Have my hyperactive tendencies created a monster, or at the very least, a spoiled spouse? Not really, because at the end of the day, I know there’s a balance. I bring him a pillow, and he brings me a …

Remind me, what is it he brings me?

In fairness, the favors do go both ways. He graciously plays golf with me on Sundays, which can’t be much fun for him, and he doesn’t make me watch football, which is never any fun for me.

But most important, he is someone I rely on, someone who’s always there for me, someone who loves me unconditionally. So I will happily continue to bestow him favors. As long as I’m up!

Susan Goldfein holds a doctorate in Communication Disorders from Teachers College, Columbia University, and enjoyed a successful career as a clinician, teacher, and consultant. For more essays filled with wit, wisdom and irony, visit Susan’s blog, www.susansunfilteredwit.com. Her book, How Old Am I in Dog Years? may be purchased on Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com

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An ant can lift 20 times its body weight. A second grader as strong as an ant would be able to lift a car.

There are more than 12,000 species of ants all over the world.

Ten thousand of these species are citizens of the United States.

There are four types of sugar ants. I know because all of them have found shelter beneath the roof of Castle Wright, my home. They are everywhere, not just in the kitchen but in areas where no food is to be eaten, such as The Imaginareum, my writing room, where no food is taken other than the requisite cup of black coffee. When I turn on the light, they scatter like cockroaches.

I fire up my iPhone and one ant comes out of nowhere, and runs across the screen only to die like the first Terminator, under my thumb.

They seem to drop from the ceiling, where they land and then run down my face, most of them finding their doom before they get a chance to explore my ear (their equivalent of Mammoth Cave).

They laugh at ant traps and Terro liquid. Ortho only works if they drown in it.

Many home remedies have been suggested to me.

I originally shook talcum powder on their stomping grounds, and whenever I saw a little puff of smoke, I’d stab it with an ice pick. This only works on body lice.

I made a “tea” of boiled cloves and wiped it onto the countertops. It just makes them angry and defiant.

It is said that they won’t cross a line made with Borax. Not only did they cross it, they used it as a racetrack.

The most recent suggestion I attempted was to pour liquid dish soap into a condiment bottle, such as those you find in BBQ restaurants. You then run a bead along the seam of the countertop where it meets the backsplash. Did it work? No! But I’ll bet you dollars to donuts that my ants are cleaner than yours.

Mike Wright can be found weaving through the streets of his retirement community while playing a flute, trying to get the ants to follow him through the gates and outside of the village. Please send your personal extermination methods to him at micwrighthamo@gmail.com.

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Ads received by the 15th of the month will for someone to share life and all mEn SEEKinG WomEn togetherness. appear in the following issue. its pleasure. Age and looks not important. Lehigh Acre.

5403 - SWm/LTR 73 yrs old. nS, 4930 - iSo LTR, 68 yR oLD, SWm. To RESPonD To An AD: Write nD, free easy going, outgoing, Romantic, affectionate, sincere, a letter to the person you want to 5391 - LooKinG FoR FRiEnDSHiP. loves life and its simple pleasures. disease and drug free. Loves life contact. Place that letter in a stamped Someone who is honest & caring. Romantic, affectionate. Looking and all it has to offer. Looking for envelope and write the ad # on the bottom Good sense of hunor. NS, W, D. for a lady to enjoy it all with. Will someone to share it with. No game left hand side of the envelope. Place your Someone to share time with. N. Ft. answer all with phone #. Sincerity players or liars. Only sincere need stamped, numbered envelope(s), along with $2 for each letter enclosed, into another Myers a plus. No liars or game players reply. Photo, phone please. envelope and address it to: thanks. Photo, phone please.

Lifestyles After 50 5388 - i REmEmbER CooKinG XXXOOO 4921 - WiDoWED GEnTLEmAn Seniors Getting Together ToGETHER, dancing in the kitchen, LivinG in vEniCE. I’m 84, honest, P.O. Box 638, Seffner, FL 33583 walks & holding hands. ISO FRIEND, 5382 - iSo LTR. 75 yr old, SWm, stable, caring and affectionate.

CommonLy USED AbbREviATionS: early 80’s, SOH, NS, LT SD. I am W, disease/drug free. NS, very light 5’10” and average weight. Looking C, widow, 5’5”, HWP & attractive. SD. Romantic/Affectionate. A one for a similar type lady wishing to F-Female, M-Male, S-Single, D-Divorced, WWWidow, A-Asian, B-Black, H-Hispanic, I-Indian, Reply with phone or email. S. Ft. woman man looking for same in a enjoy the golden years.

W-White, C-Christian, J-Jewish, YO-Years Old, Myers area. lady to share life and all its simple YY-Years Young, ISO-In Search Of, SOH-Sense pleasures with. Age and looks 4903 - iT’S nEvER To LATE for Of Humor, SM-Smokes, S-Light Smoker, NS5377 - i Am LooKinG FoR A not important. Personality and dreams to come true. Single white Non Smoker, ND-Non Drinker, SD-Social FRiEnDSHiP. Are you a positive sincerity is. Photo, phone please. male, 75, no children. Our passions: (Light) Drinker, DR-Drinks, NDrg- No Drugs, gentleman? Passionate about life? I Thank you. running, long walks and talks, LTR-Long Term Relationship, HWP-Height & Weight Proportional, R-Retired, P-Professional, am a attractive lady in my early 70s. sharing life. Sarasota. Let’s meet.

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I like golf, travel, theater, concerts, 5387 - SWm, 73 LooKinG FoR dining out or at home. I am always SWF. NS, ND, for travel, quality on the go and think it is no fun to time, share life’s moments, holding have fun unless you have someone hands, hugs. Affectionate. to share it with. INTERESTED? Personal Ad Placement only $6 per month!

5374 – SinGLE, 75, bALLRoom 5375 – RETiRED LADy bAnK DAnCER. 6’2”, 180, dance all Deadline for ads is the 15th of the month prior to placement. oFFiCER. Would love to marry a night like a partner for dancing MArk The ediTiOn(S) YOu WOuLd Like TO run YOur Ad in: W, NS, NDrg, gentleman, 60-90 yo. I or life. Have no illness, like tall, ❍ Tampa Bay & Suncoast (Hillsborough/Pinellas/Pasco) am healthy, have positive thinking, skinny, friendly, available for ❍ Lake/Marion/Sumter ❍ Southwest & Sarasota (Lee, Charlotte/Manatee) vibrant, intelligent. I love cooking, every kind of entertainment, Ad Copy ••• PLeASe PrinT neATLY ••• 30 Word Limit homemaking, swimming, travel. volunteer friendship center 16 yrs.

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5365 – i Too Am A WomAn WHo LovES To DAnCE and wants companionship. Love music, good music. Love to go to the movies or I collect them. Have hundreds. Write me, I am a lot of fun.

5366 – LooKinG FoR CHRiSTiAn mAn. You must love to dance and have a sense of humor. I enjoy dining out or creating a gourmet meal at home. Let’s meet and walk the beach together. Photo please.

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4119 SEEKinG HonEST GEnTLEmAn. Former airline stewardess and model, 5’4”, 104 lbs., slender, white with Ph.D. in healthcare.

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4959 - LooKinG FoR FRiEnDSHiP. WM, 80, NS, ND, honest, sincere, spiritual. Likes cards, bowling, dancing. Looking for lady to share some time with. North Port area.

4950 - Hi! SWm looking for female who needs a home. Must be somewhat slim, fun, loving, easy going. ND, NS, affectionate. I’m same. Want to share my life. I’m 5’7”, 150. Send photo & phone please.

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