Mitch Traphagen
Observations: The summer of youth
These days it often feels as though the world is teetering into chaos, but there is nothing new about that....
Observations: Now comes good sailing
To be truly challenging, a voyage, like a life, must rest on a firm foundation of financial unrest....
From The Kinks to the Community Association
Ray and Gina Kerler-Lovegrove have a long and fascinating road to Sun City Center...
It was a weekend of festivals in South Hillsborough
Blues in the Grass, Petfest and Pigs in the Park in Ruskin...
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Mitch Traphagen
Mitch Traphagen is a photojournalist, columnist and online editor for the Observer News Publications. He is the recipient of 55 awards of excellence from the Community Papers of Florida for his photography and writing. He has worked for some of the nation’s largest corporations, as Press Secretary for a U.S. Congressman, owned and published a weekly newspaper, and produced a commercial documentary video on sailing. He is a Commodore in the Seven Seas Cruising Association (ssca.org). Mitch is a writer, photographer, sailor and traveler with a bit of a geek thing going on. You can visit his personal website at mitchtraphagen.com