The difference between disloyalty and dissent
This work was written in October 2006 — it’s the only column the Pelican Press ever refused to run in my Reality Chick column space, though they did run a slightly altered version in the op/ed pages. ————— Friday, September 27, 2006. High Tea with Sandy and Vern Buchanan. At the Ritz. With extra-special guest, […]
Give the Gift of Art … and Your Gift Will Last a Lifetime!
Portraits by Mary O Give the Gift of Art A sensitive portrait in pastel or oil of someone special is a unique gift for yourself or for another. Its heirloom quality will give lasting value and pleasure for years to come. Great interest and care are taken in portraying the unique characteristics and beauty of […]
Dodging shoes? Surely a bit better than dodging bullets.
I don’t know, geez, I felt a little sorry for George Bush. For about a nano-second. Dodging shoes? Not so much fun as you close down your faux-presidency. But I guess it’s a helluva lot more fun than dodging bullets without a Kevlar vest and getting up close and personal with a roadside bomb while […]
Bush League
This column first appeared in 2006. An article in last Sunday’s New YorkTimes on money and class issues in America got me thinking. Our country’s class systems used to run along lines that while certainly financially based were also at least partially skewed by education, lineage, a good backhand, and knowing how to spoon soup […]
I’m a sucker for the season …
I’m a sucker for the holidays. Most of the year, I’ve got my nose to the proverbial grindstone, but the holidays bring out the kick-up-your-heels side of me. I mean, really, from a female perspective, what’s not to love? You get to dress up. You get to show a little skin. You get to wear […]
Upcoming book signing …
Circle Books on St. Armands Circle has invited me to have a book signing event at their store on Saturday December 27th. So, if you’re interested in picking up a copy of Sideways in Sarasota, swing by Circle Books between 1 and 3 p.m., that afternoon and I’ll be happy to sign a copy for […]
Moon-howling mama
In honor of tonight’s full moon … She practices French While washing her hair — Thinks life is that short. Takes a lover —
MC on the radio tomorrow chatting up the All Faiths/Reality Reader fundraising drive
Emily Berno, one of the hosts of the popular local radio program — Truly Sustainable Sarasota — which airs Thursday mornings from 9 to 10 am, heard about the All Faiths/Reality Readers fundraising drive and has invited me on air tomorrow to chat the drive up and hopefully encourage listeners to chip in with their […]
Café chess — très sexy
Here’s a column that ran in 2006, but today, I’m so jonesin’ for my life in Boston, that it feels apropos to post. —————————- I spent this past Monday morning, a holiday, lazily finishing what was left from the Sunday NY Times. Sitting outside, a cup of Joe percolating through my veins; the day, the […]
Truglio’s Preserve
You and I Cool and dark In the blind