Don Farmer

The night my wife, another couple and I went to the movies to see the Julia Roberts big deal film, “Eat, Pray, Love,” the husband half of the other couple leaned over as we sat down and said, “Don, do ...

When I got my property tax bill recently I thought it was a joke. Was I on “Candid Camera” or was I one of Ashton Kutcher’s victims on the TV show “Punk’d?” No such luck. In the midst of a ...

A friend was telling us about a new TV show she likes and suggested we check it out. “What channel, what time?” we asked. She didn’t know. “We just DVR it and watch when we want to.” Her method is ...

I made a lady cry the other day. I didn’t do it on purpose and was incredulous at what was happening. It was on a business phone call. The woman’s voice broke and she sobbed a little. “Are you crying?” ...

When experts began removing exotic plants and trees from a lot adjacent to the Marco Healthcare Center, they thought they knew what to expect. And they did, except for one piece of evidence that humans also had “invaded” the space ...

There are few no-brainers in city politics. Nuance is king even when stiff-necked attitudes reign. Here’s one sure bet: Keep Jim Riviere as Marco Island’s permanent city manager, or at least as permanent as our roller coaster politics allow. Riviere ...

A recent column about the “zoo plane” that traditionally carries media people as they follow the president around the nation and the world sparked some vivid memories of those days. The aircraft, dubbed the zoo plane for the frequent on ...

If you have not yet seen Nazar Norov and Irina Kudryashova dance, you should. They are young, attractive, talented and award-winning dancers who brought home another victory recently from a national competition in Virginia.

The slavish way the mainstream media have lavished love on President Barack Obama since he was a serious candidate makes the following turn of events almost unbelievable, especially to one Marco Island man.

I love baseball all season long, but also welcome people who pay attention only on major events, such as the All-Star game last Tuesday and maybe the World Series. Let me assure such occasional fans that this column is not ...

We’ve had a week of inspiring events that bring hope amidst the hand-wringing problems in the Gulf of Mexico, Wall Street, Congress and the White House. Among them were the uplifting Independence Day celebrations, from local fireworks to grand PBS ...

The mainstream media’s buzz and blather about Larry King’s awkward dumping at CNN overlooked Larry’s 11th hour time-travel trek back to 1776 to cover the American Revolution.

One of the cool things about being a father is that on Father’s Day, loved ones often give dads gifts indulging their hobbies — a round of golf, a special stamp, or a model train, plane or boat. Mine was ...

A reliable, 22-foot deck boat has been giving my family pleasure for 12 years and my wife’s parents good times for years before that. This 1994 Godfrey Hurricane has experienced life. Frisky and fresh at first, shiny and sleek in ...

Neckties have been around a lot longer than Father’s Day, but the two often are intertwined in our culture, or should we say knotted. Informal efforts to honor dads stirred in 1909, but it wasn’t until 1966 that President Lyndon ...