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Weather: Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds 10 to 15 mph, becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 50 percent. See the daily weather briefing from the National Weather Service in Jacksonville here.
Today at a Glance:
Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village: The city’s only farmers’ market is open every Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. at European Village, 101 Palm Harbor Pkwy, Palm Coast. With fruit, veggies, other goodies and live music. For Vendor Information email [email protected]
Ormond Beach Celtic Festival, Saturday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Admission: $12 – under 12 free. The festival is on both sides of Granada Avenue at the east end of the bridge. See the entertainment schedule here.
Billy Strings at St. Augustine Amphitheater, 6:30 p.m., St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340 A1A South, St. Augustine. Call the box office Thursdays and Fridays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Otherwise see the amphitheater’s website, or click for tickets here. Raised in Michigan and now based in Nashville, Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Billy Strings is known as one of music’s most compelling artists. In the midst of yet another triumphant year, Strings is nominated for three awards at the 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards: Best Bluegrass Album (Me/And/Dad), Best American Roots Song (“California Sober” feat. Willie Nelson) and Best Country Duo/Group Performance (“High Note” with Dierks Bentley).
Grace Community Food Pantry, 245 Education Way, Bunnell, drive-thru open today from noon to 3 p.m. The food pantry is organized by Pastor Charles Silano and Grace Community Food Pantry, a Disaster Relief Agency in Flagler County. Feeding Northeast Florida helps local children and families, seniors and active and retired military members who struggle to put food on the table. Working with local grocery stores, manufacturers, and farms we rescue high-quality food that would normally be wasted and transform it into meals for those in need. The Flagler County School District provides space for much of the food pantry storage and operations. Call 386-586-2653 to help, volunteer or donate.
Al-Anon Family Groups: Help and hope for families and friends of alcoholics. Meetings are every Sunday at Silver Dollar II Club, Suite 707, 2729 E Moody Blvd., Bunnell, and on zoom. More local meetings available and online too. Call 904-315-0233 or see the list of Flagler, Volusia, Putnam and St. Johns County meetings here.
| In Coming Days: December 14: Palm Coast's Starlight Parade in Town Center is scheduled for 6 p.m. Dec. 14 in Central Park, this year capping off the city's 25th anniversary celebrations. This festive parade will be a celebration of community traditions, featuring numerous community partners. Enjoy a delightful evening with food, entertainment, and fun for all ages. Don’t miss this opportunity to come together and honor the vibrant spirit of Palm Coast. Be part of this magical event and celebrate our community in style! Santa will arrive on a Palm Coast Fire Engine! There will be food trucks, Letters to Santa station, face painting, and kids crafts. |
Notably: The following brief story, reproduced here in full, was on page 2 of The New York Times on this day in 1904, under the headline: “Policeman ‘Mackerel’ Thought Remark Fishy and Grabbed Miss Herring.” The story: “A rather well-dressed woman, who later gave her name to the police as ‘Miss Stuyvesant Herring of Chicago, Ill.,’ stopped at the corner of Twenty-ninth Street and Broadway last night and made an address to a large crowd. In her speech she drew a strange comparison between the refinement of Chicago and that of Nev York–the Tenderloiln in particular. “Chicago,” she said, “is a domestic city–a city of homes, a city where the atmosphere breathes peace and calm to the weary. But New York!” And the woman’s voice arose to a pitch that threatened much malediction; “New York was born bad! The very atmosphere is intoxicating! Look at me. I arrived–” So did Policeman Macron, who took the woman in charge. “Your name, please?” Inquired the woman mildly. “Macron,” replied the policeman modestly. “Pleased to meet you. Mine’s Herring; Miss Stuyvesant Herring of Chicago, Ill.” At the station the woman refused her real name and address on the ground, she said, that she was “temporarily incapable” of being discreet. “It is the atmosphere of New York,” she informed the matron as she was being led to a cell.”
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Coffee With Flagler Beach Commission Chair Scott Spradley
Flagler Beach Farmers Market
Second Saturday Plant Sale at Washington Oaks Gardens State Park
Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way
American Association of University Women (AAUW) Meeting
Gamble Jam at Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area
Rotary’s Fantasy Lights Festival in Palm Coast’s Town Center
Palm Coast’s Starlight Parade in Town Center
A Christmas Carol at Athens Theatre
ESL Bible Studies for Intermediate and Advanced Students
Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way
Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village
Al-Anon Family Groups
Rotary’s Fantasy Lights Festival in Palm Coast’s Town Center
Palm Coast Holiday Boat Parade
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When a man rides a long time through wild regions he feels the desire for a city. Finally he comes to Isidora, a city where the buildings have spiral staircases encrusted with spiral seashells, where perfect telescopes and violins are made, where the foreigner hesitating between two women always encounters a third, where cockfights degenerate into bloody brawls among the bettors. He was thinking of all these things when he desired a city. Isidora, therefore, is the city of his dreams: with one difference.
The dreamed-of city contained him as a young man; he arrives at Isidora in his old age. In the square there is the wall where the old men sit and watch the young go by; he is seated in a row with them. Desires are already memories.
–From Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities (1972, translated from the Italian by William Weaver).
