Troy Moon

5 days ago | yahoo.com | Troy Moon

It's a tranquil little neighborhood village now. A snappy scarlet and gold Marine Corps flag sways in a humid breeze above one apartment in the small, welcoming property, where lush green grass gives way to small gardens of flowers and vegetables in some cases − tomatoes and peppers. There's a grassy common area near the back of the well-manicured Pensacola Veterans Village property where grills and smokers await the next brisket, ribs or pork butt.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Troy Moon

Desirea Sierra was an "All-American girl," her mom said. Only 11, Desirea, known as "Dez" was a cheerleader, played softball, participated in a few pageants and even played the clarinet. On March 8, 2000, Dez attended her first concert with her best friend Ciara Lewis and both their moms, singing along and screaming with thousands of others at the Britney Spears concert at the Pensacola Civic Center, now the Pensacola Bay Center. The moms had even rented a limo for the evening.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Troy Moon

His country had fallen. The enemy was approaching. South Vietnamese Air Force Maj. Buang-Ly knew his life and the lives of his wife, and their five young children, ages 1 through 6, were in danger as the North Vietnamese moved on Saigon, and South Vietnam − the United States' ally in the Vietnam war − collapsed. Buang-Ly loaded his frightened family into a stolen two-seat Cessna O-1 Bird Dog and took off from Con Son Island located in the south of Vietnam and flew east.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Troy Moon

The 309 Punk Project people sure know a lot of puppet people. Seriously, at one of the group's Night on the Tracks events in 2023, there were two different puppet packs performing. But for the May 10 Night on the Tracks shindig, there's only one puppet performer, Miss Pussycat, a New Orleans performer who is the May artist in residence at the 309 Punk House, home of Pensacola's 309 Punk Project. Still, there's a lot of puppet practitioners in their contacts list.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Troy Moon

Mildred DuPre wasn't impressed with my plant knowledge. "Do you know what Hindu rope is?" she asked me at her Cantonment home where she keeps numerous greenhouses and hundreds of hoyas. (Nope, not the Georgetown University basketball team, but a popular tropical plant.)"No, I don't," I sheepishly admitted. (My daughter is a plant person.