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Amy Bennett Williams
Amy Bennett Williams has been writing about the people and places of
Southwest Florida for well over a decade. Her commentaries often extol
the beauty found in the commonplace objects and places – and are
delivered with a touch of tenderness. Amy Bennett Williams started at
the News-Press in 1988 as an obituary-writing clerk/reporter. She left
to edit Gulfshore Life Magazine for five years, was named Florida
Magazine Association’s Editor of the Year in 1997 and returned to the
News-Press in 1998. She lives in Buckingham with her husband, Roger,
and two sons, D.P and Nash.
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03-10-2010
Cold weather did a lot of harm to Florida citrus this year – but many untended varieties did quite well. News Press Essayist Amy Bennett Williams has this appreciation of citrus gone wild.
03-03-2010
News Press Essayist Amy Bennett Williams has a fondness for cats and dogs and geese and donkeys….and perhaps most of all…horses.
02-24-2010
News Press Essayist Amy Bennett Williams commutes down Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard in Ft. Myers to her job at the paper. The roadway has recently been spruced up – and Williams has taken note of one of the more subtle changes.
02-17-2010
The recent cold snap killed many fish in area waters. Even the sturdy mullet suffered. News Press Essayist Amy Bennett Williams has this appreciation.
02-10-2010
The usually anemic Southwest Florida winter has arrived in force this year. News Press Essayist Amy Bennett Williams has been surveying the damage…
02-03-2010
News Press Essayist Amy Bennett Williams draws from a rich vocabulary of life when she writes. This week she shares of bit of the background that transformed a shy girl into a woman whose pen is her livelihood.
01-27-2010
Visual artists have been making their way to Florida in the wintertime for more than a century – escaping colder climes and finding inspiration in the sub-tropical landscape. Many return again and again, but not all of them. This week News Press Essayist Amy Bennett Williams recalls one notable exception…
01-20-2010
News
Press Essayist Amy Bennett Williams has been buying animal feed, baby
chicks – and the like – for many years at Futral’s Feed Store in Ft.
Myers. Now the store has a new look…
01-13-2010
The
ongoing cold weather has been rough on Florida’s strawberry crop – but
News Press Essayist Amy Bennett Williams has already sampled some of
the tasty red berries – and launched a little research project.
01-06-2010
News Press Essayist Amy Bennett Williams recently had a real bad day – but managed to skim off the cream.
12-30-2009
What do you do to mark your mother’s 70th
birthday? If you’re News Press essayist Amy Bennett Williams – you
write a tribute – full of metaphors and similes –in order share your
affection with a large audience.
12-23-2009
In this week’s essay from News Press essayist Amy Bennett Williams we hear about the donkey who came for Christmas…
12-16-2009
Food
is a big part of the holiday season – many folks who normally don’t
spend much time in their kitchens put on an apron. But for News Press
Essayist Amy Bennett Williams food preparation and consumption is
always part of the natural rhythm of life.
12-09-2009
Virtual farming is all the rage these days – but News Press Essayist Amy Bennett Williams is tied to the real deal.
12-02-2009
News
Press Essayist Amy Bennett Williams has lived in Southwest Florida for
about twenty years – but her perspective has been broadened by
relationships with people who’ve lived here for generations. This week
she marks the passing of one of those friends.
11-25-2009
Thanksgiving arrives in Florida in a timely manner – at the beginning at the harvest season. News Press Essayist Amy Bennett has been doing some back yard harvesting and will preparing her signature relish for the holiday. And once again, she shares it with us.
RECIPE:
1 pound fresh cranberries, washed and picked over
10-12 kumquats, washed and seeded but not peeled, quartered
1 1/2 cups sugar, 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, peeled and grated,
Dash of salt
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons Cointreau or other intensely orange-flavored liqueur
Combine all ingredients except the 2 tablespoons of liqueur in a saucepan and simmer about 30 minutes, until the sugar is dissolved and the fruit is soft. Remove from heat and stir in the remaining liqueur. Chill before serving.
11-18-2009
Kingfishers
are fairly common in Southwest Florida – often seen perched on power
lines in rural areas near ditches and streams or other waterways. This
week News Press essayist Amy Bennett Williams takes a closer look.
11-12-2009
News Press Essayist Amy Bennett Williams often writes about the nature of things in Southwest Florida – this week she’s going after the essence.
10-21-2009
News Press Essayist Amy
Bennett Williams writes about Southwest Florida – but hails from the
Midwest. This week she recalls college days - and a memento that
travelled full circle.
09-30-2009
During
the long hot Southwest Florida summer swimming pools are a favorite
spot for cooling off. News Press Essayist Amy Bennett Williams has put
in her fair share of pool time…watching over two sons, and
contemplating pool toys.
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