Author Archives: Lois A. Bolin, Ph.D.

About Lois A. Bolin, Ph.D.

Strategic Consultant, Old Naples Historian, Realtor, Patriot,

Naples community is filled with the spirit of the holidays

“Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before. What if Christmas doesn’t come from a store? What if Christmas perhaps, means something more?”
— Dr. Seuss

The Naples Woman’s Club is firmly rooted in community causes

“A woman’s work is never done as ye song says, and happy She whose strength holds out to the end…” So wrote Martha Ballard in her journal on Nov. 26, 1785.

When it comes to bugs, it’s all about balancing good and bad

Calling insects beneficial seems contradictory. Most of us think of insects as “bad bugs.” We buy bug spray and pesticides hoping insects will disappear for good.

Tales from the time of sunshine by day, moonshine by night

William Safire’s “Drinking in America: A History” is not a book on traveling around to soak up the wonders of these great United States, as I thought. It is rather a book about the history of drinking, as in alcohol, a mainstay since the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth.

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