Cloudy days for Sarasota’s sunshine
Well, I did it … I appeared again on the WEDU/PBS (Channel 3) political television program Florida This Week. Whew! I’m serious — it’s a major deal for me each time. I’ve only been on three times so far and of course, I’m trying to improve in both style and substance … but the girl […]
Big news story in Sarasota this week?
Hey — what do you think the burning issue is in Sarasota City/County this week? Sunshine shenanigans? The gazillion big-name locals who want to serve on the police advisory council? The fact that Abbott still hasn’t been kicked to the curb by Bartolotta (and why is that, do you think?)? Or is it the Martina […]
Treat yourself like you’re the cat’s meow … and the rest of the world will too
I admit it … I have three too many cats. But I adore them. They were all rescue cats — first Einstein, then Coco (so named after Coco Chanel), and most recently, Boomerang.
Roller Derby babes … hot … but not bothered by misconception
If you haven’t seen Drew Barrymore’s new film, Whip It — check it out at a cinema near you … or read my article about the Darlins’ — southwest Florida’s roller derby babes. —————————————————- Dream sequence: Whizzing past you in a blur of female testosterone – a bevy of hard-bodied babes, wearing mouth guards and […]
Cougar myths … debunked!
This column appeared in print in Creative Loafing newspaper 10/7/09. The topic of cougarsome cuties chasing cuddly cradle-dwellers is about as tasty an intellectual morsel as dining at the Olive Garden is a gastronomic one. Whether or not women d’un certain âge have sex with younger men is a topic as culturally passé as older […]
Cogito ergo sum?
For most of my life, I’ve agreed with Descartes — I think, therefore I am. But what about Emerson and his theory about what constitutes a “great soul”? Such a soul, Emerson concluded, is one that has the strength to live truly, madly, deeply, not someone who merely possesses the strength to think.
Last chance to vote in Best of Suncoast
In case you’re interested in voting for me in this year’s Creative Loafing Best of the Suncoast readers poll — you’ve only got a couple of days left. I think the deadline is Sunday night. Then, they announce the winners sometime in October. I’m eligible for Best Local Columnist and Best Local Blogger — but […]
Autumn sunset chez MC
Tonight, I took a break from a massive website project I’m working on and walked Boomerang. I was barely out the door, when I had to scoop him up and run back inside for my camera to capture this outstanding, beyond-beautiful and lovely autumn sky. As I snapped a few shots, something moving in the […]
September segue
All those years of living in New England have fixed my internal calendar to interpret September in only one way: the romance of fall. I was born in the spring, but I’m a fall baby at heart. It’s the time of year I feel the best; a time of optimism and fresh starts. A time […]
The dogma of dogs
I have a love/hate relationship with seeing a car go by with a dog poking its head or sometimes its whole upper body out of a car window. Head raised, ears flapping back, often a tongue hanging out flopping in the wind. I sometimes wonder about the safety of letting dog’s do this but I […]