Hometown Pride: The community unites at a vigil for the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in downtown Orlando. (Photo by Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda, Orlando Sentinel)Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda, Orlando Sentinel AUTHOR’S NOTE: Dear Readers: Due to the extraordinary circumstances that struck my hometown over the past two weeks (not including my mother’s death, which though sad was not tragic), I am diverting this week from my typically lighter home design fare to tackle a more sober topic.