Under The Sun

A snowbird’s letter from Carlan Mobile Home Park in Davie

The sight of snowbirds escaping the bitter northern cold is common in South Florida. Not so common is a Canadian woman who makes her way to Carlan Mobile Home Park in Davie several times a year to visit her childhood nanny who is now 95 years old.

The Everglades runs through their blood

The Gladesmen culture goes back to South Florida's first Anglo settlers in the 1800s. What ties the early pioneers with the modern Gladesmen is the simple yearning to spend time in the backcountry. They see themselves as stewards of the unique environment in the Everglades.

An Excerpt from The Hatmakers and the Heron Master

Michael Keller is the author of a graphic novel adaptation of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species. He is working on a historical novel, The Hatmakers and the Heron Master, about hat-makers, wading birds and Florida's early settlement. Here is an excerpt from his latest book.

Not your average science conference

WLRN's Dan Grech crossed an item off his bucket list and reported the opening story of this week's episode of This American Life. Dan got back to his nerdy roots and covered a conference in Orlando on building a spaceship to travel to the stars.

Front-row seat to Death Row execution

Before his execution by lethal injection on September 28, Manuel Valle had spent 33 years on Death Row for killing a Coral Gables police officer in 1978. Miami Herald reporter Patricia Mazzei was at the execution, just a few feet away from the 61-year-old Valle. Although she recognized the heinousness of his crime, she couldn't help feel pity for the man who would close his eyes for the last time.