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Benbow Inn owners John and Teresa Porter, along with their partners, the Macdonald family, are thrilled to announce a new chapter in the rich history of the iconic 98-year-old Inn.

On Dec. 10, 44 runners made the loop around Wakulla Springs State Park and Highway 61, while competing in a marathon, 50K or a 50 mile race.

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This thing called life in Elizabeth McCracken’s ‘The Souvenir Museum’ By Joseph Peschel Globe Correspondent,Updated April 15, 2021, 1 hour ago Email to a Friend Associated Press Whether they take place in Ireland, Texas, Illinois, Amsterdam, or Scotland, the marvelous stories in “The Souvenir Museum,” Elizabeth McCracken’s impressive third story collection evoke moving depictions of marriage and parenthood, and love, betrayal, and loneliness. McCracken, who was born in Boston, has also written two novels and a memoir. Many of the twelve stories in this collection...

Elizabeth McCracken's The Souvenir Museum begins with one of the funniest short stories I've read in a long time. It's about a short, round American who meets her newish boyfriend's angular English family all at once and utterly unprepared in damp Ireland, at the wedding of the middle of his three sisters. The Valerts, like most McCracken characters, are wonderfully eccentric, but they are also as chilly and off-putting as the weather. Hilariously so. McCracken, who is married to English-born writer and illustrator Edward Carey, nails these brusque Brits, who dress like stable hands and are ...