by Linda Grist Cunningham | Jan 8, 2022
It doesn’t take a degree in demographics and a passion for data dumps to know when Key West’s snowbirds arrive. Lights in that once dark house come on at dusk. There are peals of laughter across the fence line and the rumble of interesting conversations of which I can... 
by Linda Grist Cunningham | Nov 9, 2021
The humidity this morning in the Shenandoah Valley is 47 percent, which Accuweather says is “ideal.” Are they freaking nuts? Get me back to Key West, give me 20 points more and I might agree. Ranger Ed and I have been off-island for a week, visiting family... 
by Linda Grist Cunningham | Oct 26, 2021
Let’s get the headline out of the way first: If you’re reading this on Saturday, Oct. 30, in the Key West Citizen, you have one more day before your residential parking sticker expires. Technically. You’ve got two choices: Panic and head to social... 
by Linda Grist Cunningham | Oct 5, 2021
Three things come at a premium when you’re living in Key West: An X flood zone, which until Oct. 1, had meant your house wasn’t as likely to flood and therefore the mortgage company wouldn’t require flood insurance; parking because there isn’t... 
by Linda Grist Cunningham | Sep 7, 2021
Let me get this off my chest: I hate tables and chairs cluttering Key West sidewalks. I’d throw a profanity-laced screech right here, but my mother would frown since she always considered bad words to be useless filler for lazy minds. I fantasize about knocking... 
by Linda Grist Cunningham | Aug 24, 2021
We’d weathered the will-it-won’t-it forecasts of Tropical Storm Fred and made it to the window between never-came-here Tropical Storm Grace and we were headed to Snipes. Then came the text: “I am so very sorry but your captain just tested positive...