All night blues
All Night Blues I’ve heard his voice, roughed up by the lyrics of living, sung out and sweating between sets; taking a smoke and slugging
A little local color … in a Wonder-bread town
This column originally published in 2006. ——————————- I keep getting asked to write less about national issues and more about local goings-on. Local “color” it’s
Bully Nation — hopefully less so after January 20
Exactly a year ago, I wrote the following column — about how our country had devolved, somehow, over the generations, but most noticeably with the
The Americans we once were … and will be again
In May 2007, my disillusionment with George Bush, with the wars, with the apathy of my country, and probably with myself, reached an all-time high.
What kind of American are you?
This column first appeared in 2007. I hope Obama lives up to his campaign speechifying and we, as a nation, can collectively answer this question
A horse is a horse … unless it’s your sister!
Here’s a column I wrote a while back — if you’ve read Sideways in Sarasota, it’s old hat to you, but if not … at
Sheer romance
A couple of years ago I wrote a column about how Sarasota was wooing me. I wrote about falling in love with a city —
Lunar love affair … do NOT miss tonight’s luscious Wolf Moon
I admit it: I’m hopelessly besotted with the moon. The moon, in all its phases, makes me feel safe and secure and loved and a
Sarasota … definitely not a Spike Lee Joint
A year ago … just about this time … I attended a press conference to interview the filmmaker Spike Lee and also attended his talk
Seriously seductive …
Here’s an exerpt from an article I wrote for Sarasota Downtown & Beyond … about Maison Blanche … a restaurant on Longboat Key. You can
All Faiths feedback … finally!
WOW! WOW! WOW! Um, that’s kind of — almost — all I can say. MC Reality Online readers dug deep, counted coin, wrote checks, and
Caught on film … er, on camera
I’m probably the world’s WORST photographer … I’ve been known to photograph people’s feet when I was aiming at their heads! Anyway, here’s a photo
Presidential PDA … in the last days of Bush-bashing
Well, I’d like to think I never bashed Bush for anything he didn’t truly warrant … . Here’s an example — a column I wrote
Labradoodles love books too!
Was so much fun being at Circle Books on St. Armands Circle yesterday afternoon. Big thanks to all the nice folks who stopped by to