Heather Wilkins
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Writing is a therapy for me when I cannot explain or provide better communication. My passion is blogging and writing about either personal or sometimes advice for people.
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Why I Don't Celebrate Valentine's Day
My husband and I have recently been married for only four months. Since we dated, we didn't really see a reason to celebrate Valentine's Day. I had several Valentine's with my Dad being my Valentine. I had two previous beaus who often got the same old stick, rose bouquets and chocolates. But since our last Valentine's Day being a college graveyard date, I think we had had enough for one lifetime.
By Heather Wilkins6 years ago in Humans
Top Five Roaring Twenties Books
Next year will be the one hundred mark since the 1920 New Year. We are officially heading into a modern world. At the time of the 1920's, there was prohibition, no one could sell alcohol but can have small quantities in their house. The flappers were the modern woman, short dresses and rolled stockings to their knees. Cigarettes and short hair were just a few of the more iconic embraces into the new turn of the century era.
By Heather Wilkins6 years ago in Geeks
How to Be Accurate With Cash Flow
Working in a retail store can be stressful, especially if you are having money issues. Recently since my coming back from a honeymoon in Iceland, where the ice and cold froze away my cares of sunshine and oranges in Florida, I came back to a store where three employees quit. One was the former assistant to the general manager who was there for three years. It was time to pursue her degree. The other two were employees who have had some rough situations with phones, bathrooms, and eating store products while the hiring manager was on the clock.
By Heather Wilkins6 years ago in Journal
Lightner Museum 2.0
Saint Augustine is the oldest city in the history of colonialism within the United States. But that doesn't mean it has to become antiquity of the past. Director Bob Harper and Curator Barry Myers are working on bringing some new light into a museum established within an old health spa and hotel built by Henry Flagler.
By Heather Wilkins6 years ago in Wander
Future Changes to Saint George Street
Saint Augustine has been getting quite the boom it needs for a bustling tourist town. Despite the occasional and regular frequencies of destination weddings and school tours for educational trips, bachelor and bachelorette parties stumbling about from bar to bar, and the wonderful eau de homeless wandering the street, some areas of Saint George are getting the overlooked makeover they deserve. Here might be some of the future prospects of a tourist and local economy that deserve the best boom in decades.
By Heather Wilkins7 years ago in Wander
Degas at the Lightner Museum
There has been some great news about some of the events and exhibitions heading to the Lightner Museum. Last year they had Downtown Abbey costumes, and used some pieces from their own collection to provide the reflective outlook of the turn of the century England. But this year is going to be one of the most celebrated painters in modern art history. Edgar Degas, and some of those impressionist friends in his circle, like Cassatt and Manet will be alongside him, in a debut of their most intimate sketches and incomplete art projects.
By Heather Wilkins7 years ago in Wander
Going to a Celtic Festival
I had previously been to a Celtic festival that was hosted in downtown Saint Augustine. There were a large parade and a long crowd of people wanting to get into Francis Field for the highland games, good music, good food, and all the best merchandise you can find about Celtic customs.
By Heather Wilkins7 years ago in Wander
Protecting Francis Field
Last night, I got out of work early at my popcorn store and I waited for my ride home when in the middle of the silence of the car ride, I heard from my fiance who works at the Lighter tell me some of the rumors he has heard from locals who work downtown in the midst of tourists checking out Saint George Street.
By Heather Wilkins7 years ago in Wander
