Bronze and Stone - Father and son sculptors Frank and Stephen Varga are helping to revive the legend of Florida’s “Barefoot Mailman.” New Florida visits the artists in their Delray Beach studio to watch them craft a larger-than-life statue of one of the determined men who delivered mail by foot between Hypoluxo and Miami in the late 1800’s.

Giant Steps - New Florida meets an inspiring man whose life’s motto is "No legs? No problem." Thirty-one year old Lance Benson was born without legs, but he doesn't see that as an obstacle. In fact, he’s learned to enjoy life by staying more active than most young men his age.

Trash to Trout - And now for an artist whose work is all “washed up.” New Florida scours the beaches with Captain Honk, a seaside sculptor who fashions fanciful fish-themed art out of debris that washes up along Florida’s coastline.

Spoken Word Cafe - Long before the invention of the printing press, history, fables and fairytales were passed from generation to generation through storytelling. Today, that oral tradition is carried on at places like the Spoken Word Café, where the public is invited to participate in “open mike” nights. New Florida visits the Spoken Word on a night when the performers include prizewinning poet Neil de la Flor.

Cross Creek - New Florida travels “Along the Road” to Cross Creek, a picturesque community south of Gainesville in Alachua County. Here, where Orange and Lochloosa Lakes intersect, Pulitzer prize-winning author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings began her extraordinary writing career in the 1920’s.
Related links:
Literary Traveler
Florida Memory Project

Seven Mile Bridge Run - New Florida gets a bird’s eye view of the annual road race that routes runners across the aptly named “Seven Mile Bridge” in the Florida Keys.