Fatherly lessons I wish I’d had
This piece originally appeared in print in June 2007. I think it was a wish list of my own really — wishing I’d had a
Opening the Kimono — sexy stuff for a stormy Sunday
Sounds sexy, right? And it is. (more on that later) Opening the Kimono is the name of a book I just finished reading a few
RSVP — French for “I’ve got class”
I just today received my first invitation of the 2008 holiday season. They’re late in coming this year, but they might just be fewer than
MC in print in the Bradenton Herald
Happy day after Thanksgiving! Hope you all enjoyed a fabulous day with friends, family, critters, nature, football, and food! A slightly different version of a
Wake up, MC, there really is a Santa Claus!
After yesterday’s blog posting, It’s About Love, a reader wrote to me and encouraged me to find some way to do my annual fundraising drive
It’s about love
When you share what you have with someone else, no matter what word you throw at it – charity, compassion, philanthropy, kindness, generosity – really,
The not-so-rhetorical question
This above all: To thine own self be true, and it must follow as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to
City still offering same-sex benefits despite Amendment Two
(This piece ran in the Pelican Press newspaper November 19, 2008.) Despite the success of Amendment Two in the Nov. 4 election, the City of
MC in print in local Pelican Press newspaper
The editors at the Pelican Press — the old stomping grounds for my Reality Chick column — were kind enough to buy an article I
Animal attraction
I pretty much love anything that walks, swims, paddles, or flies. (Things that crawl? — they’re called creepy crawlies for a reason.) So, I love
Must love cats
A few nights ago, I broke my pledge to not go on a date for the rest of 2008 (after a particularly dispiriting dating experience
Redemption Song
After the week I’ve had, this column from July 2006 rings all too-familiar. If you have my book, Sideways in Sarasota, you’ve read it, but
In defense of SCGs
So here’s what I’ve got against strip clubs: They degrade an entire gender. And, I, for one, think men deserve a lot better than to
Reality … in the age of chickness
This column first appeared in print in October 2007. Chick-ness is in the eye of the beholder, right? That’s all I can say in answer
MC talks about the writing process on Creative Life radio
If you’re interested in listening to my thoughts on the writing process — and probably lots of other topics as well — tune in next