Growing Bolder Community

Growing Bolder insider Dan Beach was kind enough to send a reply to my story on Gram Parsons' Orlando connections and recommend David Meyer's outstanding new Gram Parsons bio Twenty Thousand Roads. I couldn't put it down. It's the definitive, best documented and most thoroughly researched Parsons book to date. It's a hefty read but worth it. Right now I'm reading Yan Wenner's oral biography of...

Ever since his early death, the legend of Florida’s Cosmic Cowboy, country rock pioneer Gram Parsons, has overshadowed his considerable talent and musical legacy. Parsons left his mark across the Sunshine State, from his boyhood home in Winter Haven to his college stopping-off point in Winter Park to his two stints at the prestigious Bolles school in Jacksonville and to his performances...

Ever since his early death, the legend of Florida’s Cosmic Cowboy, country rock pioneer Gram Parsons, has overshadowed his considerable talent and musical legacy. Parsons left his mark across the Sunshine State, from his boyhood home in Winter Haven to his college stopping-off point in Winter Park to his two stints at the prestigious Bolles school in Jacksonville and to his performances...

Dear Pharmacist,You mentioned “spirulina” in a recent column as a supplement to help boost thyroid hormone. I’ve never heard of this, is it a vitamin? What else is it good for? --T.E. Chicago, Illinois Dear T.E.,Spirulina is supercool, and it’s a superfood. It’s actually algae that grows in our oceans, springs and lakes. If you viewed it with a microscope you would see beautiful...