Ana Veciana-Suarez: The enduring power of love and marriage

Something’s in the air, something sweet and tender, innocent even, because I’ve recently read two stories about the enduring power of love. In this era of disposability, when throwing out seems easier than fixing up, couples who have been married for decades — entire lifetimes! — make me misty-eyed.

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Big Brother, and everybody else, is watching

I’m not, by nature, paranoid. I don’t worry a lot that cameras are watching, computers tracking, corporations spying and government listening in. My life feels far too mundane to merit that kind of interest, and any information gleaned from my actions would confirm that.

Collection of Florida postcards offers a window to another time

Postcards in a library presentation by an avid collector, “Having Fun, Wish You Were Here: An illustrated History of the Postcard in Florida,” offer a window to another time, a simpler place.

School’s out: Let summer fun in

No more pencils/ no more books/ no more teachers’ dirty looks/ Out for summer/ out till fall/ We might not go back at all

The big fat lie: McDonald isn’t junk food

Self delusion occurs among the most powerful men and in the most rarified places. Surely that would explain the reaction of McDonald’s CEO Don Thompson to a 9-year-old’s request.

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Ana Veciana: Bug hunting and the great outdoors

The breeze has turned brisk, the weather uncharacteristically balmy for this time of year. So on a bright morning when I’ve been rewarded with two of my granddaughters, I order them out of pajamas and into sneakers and T-shirts.

High school yearbook controversy a missed opportunity

Who would’ve guessed that high school yearbooks, those thick, hardbound collections of nostalgia and memories, could be so controversial?

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Ana Veciana-Suarez: New ‘Sesame Street’ character reveals where we are, where we hope to go

Mando is moving to Sesame Street this fall. Did you get the announcement?

Ana Veciana-Suarez: A different way to satisfy an appetite

If the Food Network is hunting for its No. 1 fan, I suggest executives stop at my house to interview The Hubby. He watches more of its programs than anything else on TV, including reruns of our mutual fave, NCIS, and the endless stream of fishing shows that teach which spoon lures to use in skinny, weedy water.

Ana Veciana-Suarez: Mom of accused bombers should stop making excuses

One of the strangest scenes to come out of the Boston Marathon bombings is the discomfiting image of an angry Zubeidat Tsarnaev defending her two sons, the dead and the living.

Ana Veciana-Suarez: Nothing like the thrill of the (bargain) hunt

That red and black wrap-around dress in my closet? Paid $9.01, taxes included, a victory of timing, perseverance and the clever matching of coupon to clearance sale. Original price: $79.99. Gotta love it.

Ana Veciana-Suarez: After the Boston marathon bombing, focus on the heroes

Amid the bedlam, terror and despair, we must focus on this. We must never forget this: Goodness still abounds. Courage is plentiful. People can be, and often are, heroes.

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Ana Veciana-Suarez: Caregiving is an endurance race

Caregiving is exhausting. Grueling. Draining. Wearing. Simply strenuous.