When Avalon Park resident Tara Felicio needs to throw out eggshells, newspapers and banana peels, she throws it in the compost container in her kitchen for the worms to take care of. Felicio also has recently stopped using paper products in her home. Instead, she only uses reusable dishes and napkins.

What was considered an edgy approach to self expression in generations past, tattoo art is continuing its ascent into America’s mainstream. During the past decade alone the once-taboo notion of covering oneself in ink has flourished from the bodies of musicians and athletes to the coworkers and classmates in our everyday lives.

The last time Andrea Predl saw her grandfather, he was like a stranger. The strong, passionate man who spent entire days tending his vegetable garden and hours helping her with math homework, had withered away to a frail, old man in a wheelchair who could barely remember her name. Her grandfather suffers from dementia.

Armageddon gets a new twist in Carlos Weiser’s hand. In his drawings, the forces of evil open the gates of hell. As demons wreak havoc in the hearts of men, wickedness spreads like a disease. By the time heaven sends an army of angels, it’s too late.

Alcohol is a drug, and in Orange County, it is the most abused drug by teens and young adults. The practice of getting trashed, tanked, wasted and bombed seems to be synonymous with high school and college parties.

Adecade ago, Mirza Ahmed couldn’t find any fresh meat in Orlando. He knew he wasn’t the only one. Growing up in a small town in Pakistan, Ahmed, 54, came of age in an era before commonplace refrigeration, when lambs and goats were slain before his eyes, to be sold at a butcher’s in the morning and eaten the same night.