MC Coolidge snags second place in Florida Press Awards
A while back I reported that I’d won a Florida Press Award for a humor column (Ben & Jerry Take a Hike) I’d written back
Boomer and the butterfly
And all men kill the thing they love . . . — Oscar Wilde, the ballad of reading gaol Tonight, the story of Boomerang and
Blacklisting blackberry-heads and canceling cell phone companions
The next time a client or an editor or a so-called friend, or god forbid a man who has asked me out, or anyone who
Cash cows … free milk … and where’s the beef? The written word woes of Sarasota media.
Sarasota’s print pubs are no longer the cash cows they were in the halcyon boom days … and everybody from writers to readers are paying
Dogs and their peeps … in MC’s ‘hood
I have a love/hate relationship with most of my neighbors. Nearly all of them have dogs. I love dogs. It’s their owners I sometimes hate.
Pugnacious pitbull no more … Palin plays the petulant pooch
Sarah Palin is a big ole crybaby. Her whining press conference (poor, poor pitiful me with all my legal woes and people being mean!) and
Sarasotans show their love of American soil on Independence Day
Siesta Beach 7:30 a.m., the day after. Makes you proud to be an American, especially an American living in Sarasota, Florida.
The personal is political … never more so than on Independence Day
This column ran in 2006 in my Reality Chick column with the Pelican Press newspaper. It gives a hint of what was already happening —
Act today to get a free feline! Feline Independence Day!
Hey, I just heard on Channel 7 news that today and Monday are Feline Independence Days at the Humane Society of Sarasota County. Basically, if
One of the coolest places in Sarasota … for kids and adults
Albert Einstein said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge,” and that down-to-earth concept is the driving philosophy behind one of the best-kept secrets for cultivating
Taking a Break with Boomerang
I’ve been like a machine lately — just really keeping my nose to the proverbial grindstone. I think the economy, the cutbacks on writing assignments,
MC on Florida This Week tonight
Hey, just got back from Tampa’s WEDU, filming a Florida This Week show. It will air tonight at 8:30 on PBS Channel 3 and again
The world is too much with mc … tonight
William Wordsworth sets us straight on a few things. The world is too much with us The world is too much with us; late and
Dinner with Jerry
For Dr. Gerald J. Zinfon, Professor of English and Poet Champagne, home-grown tomatoes and peppers, angel hair pasta, California strawberries with vanilla ice cream;