Charlotte Twine

Mar 6, 2024 | keysweekly.com | Charlotte Twine |Offshore magazines |Johnny Cash

Tavernier artist Annmarie Anderson’s paintings are so unabashedly romantic, you almost want to give them a little privacy. In one, a hidden path lined with lilies leads to a trickling fountain carved into a stone wall. In another, a boat rests at a dock on still, mirror-like water. And in yet another, a long, balustraded porch frames a sandy white beach that is so perfect, it can only be found in dreams. One can easily imagine a lovers’ tryst taking place in any of these locations.

Feb 22, 2024 | keysweekly.com | Charlotte Twine |Offshore magazines |Johnny Cash

In the early 1950s, Marathon resident Grace Jones took a bus down to Key West to talk to Horace O’Bryant. He was the superintendent of the county’s schools at the time, and Jones was hoping that she could get his permission to send her children to Key West to study. Due to segregation laws, the sole school in Marathon was just for white students, so the only way for Black children to get an education was in Key West.

Dec 22, 2023 | keysweekly.com | Charlotte Twine |Offshore magazines |Johnny Cash

In 2003, Midwest couple Steve and Sheila Cook came to the Keys on vacation and, for all intents and purposes, didn’t leave for 20 years. In the process, they became so popular that Steve literally became the mayor of Marathon and Sheila established herself as a leader in the arts community. Now they have moved back to Missouri, where they are originally from, to be closer to their three children and nine grandchildren.

Dec 21, 2023 | keysweekly.com | Charlotte Twine |Jim McCarthy |Offshore magazines |Johnny Cash

Tom McDonald’s children can be forgiven if they mistook their father for Superman. The 77-year-old husband, father and grandfather was not only a CPA, an army veteran, a Mosquito Board commissioner, an FKAA board member, an Upper Keys Rotarian and a church founder, but he also practiced karate — every day. Perhaps not even a speeding bullet or Kryptonite could stop him. “Many little girls grow up thinking their dad is Superman,” his daughter, Anna, said at the packed Dec.

Dec 15, 2023 | keysweekly.com | Charlotte Twine |Offshore magazines |Johnny Cash

Coral Isles Church is opening its doors on Thursday, Dec. 21, at 6 p.m. to all who seek comfort, healing and quiet contemplation with like-minded souls during the holiday season. The ceremony, called “Blue Christmas” Service, is an antidote for the unique loneliness that can surprisingly arise during the annual parade of bloated meals, extravagant gift-giving and alcohol-fueled, tinsel-strewn parties.