As of Friday, the United States Coast Guard officially ended the search for 14-year-old fishermen Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos, the two boys whose capsized boat was found far north of where the boys were last seen. I cannot imagine the immensity of the pain ripping through their families and their community in Tequesta, not just today, but for years to come. I've followed this story closely. El Cap and I have a life geared around Florida, boats, and the water. Everyone seems to have disdain for the parents and what they did wrong in regards to the boys in the boat. I've read and heard a lifetime's worth of disdain and scorn about those parents. Perhaps you are one of those people who feels the parents may be partly to blame, that allowing two 14-year-old boys alone a boat was begging for this type of tragedy. Please, Internet, hold your judgment. I know we're Florida and the...

High drama with kidnapped ducks, an underground duck ring, and... well, we really don't need a third, do we?

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Believe it or not, my voice is not the loudest and my post about some horrible things a (now former) member of a Gulfport Crime Watch page posted – and a (now former) admin refused to delete is not what spurred the city to act. My voice is but one of many in this instance, because Gulfport city management and police heard from several residents and business owners who were shocked and scared by the statement and – more importantly – the (now former) admin's assertion that he "saw nothing" that warranted action. Responding to complaints from members of a local crime watch Facebook page – I can't share the link because the page has gone "underground" and more on that in a bit – the chief took some steps to fix the problem. I encourage you to read his latest blog post. If you really, truly can't be bothered...