Readers who followed our long-running series "Where America REALLY Began" will be interested in these recent developments.

Organized by local business leaders, civic leaders, and scholars, the Santa Elena Foundation has been formed to promote the history of European arrival on the North American coast.

By Margaret Evans, Editor

Life as an independent publisher has many rewards, but they're not always monetary. When both adults in a household toil in that noble field for a living, much of that household is likely to be held together with duct tape. The situation can be humbling, but it can also be an exhilarating test of your resourcefulness!

A Crazed Rant

It's an internet meme that keeps popping up in my Facebook feed, one which clearly touches a nerve with lots of people. It is accompanied by a dramatically beautiful photograph of the tree in rampant bloom, all forty varieties of fruit in stunning pinks and reds and purples and whites blooming wildly on a single large tree.

Isn't life tricky? Filled with potholes, loopholes, sinkholes and human threats to peace and safety. Gosh, it's so tricky and even scary that we need a constant stream of reminders and warnings about all those products that otherwise make modern life possible. Caveat emptor indeed.