Face-off with Facebook
A little over a year ago, I set up a Facebook page at the urging of a friend. We’re both creative types and he thought a Facebook page might help me spread the word about my book, Sideways in Sarasota. I’ve had a love/hate, mostly hate!, relationship with Facebook ever since. I’ve enjoyed the occasional […]
Home is where you make it and other musings on Einstein’s birthday
Today is Einstein’s birthday — my cat, Einstein, that is. She and I stayed up very late last night celebrating (yes, while Coco and Boomerang were slumbering) by standing outside on the screened in porch, mesmerized by a spider that has built a GIGANTIC web very close to a motion-sensor outdoor light.
Trust everyone … but cut the cards yourself
Finley Peter Dunne is the one who gets the attribution for the phrase “Trust everyone, but cut the cards.” But it’s an axiom I’ve adopted for myself for a long time now. I’ve just always added the “yourself” part to further clarify that the only trust that matters is the trust you have in yourself. […]
A Girl with a Guinness ….
Every St. Patty’s since 2006, I think, I’ve dragged out this favorite column of mine which has appeared in print in the Tampa Tribune, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, and Pelican Press newspapers … hope you enjoy it — whether you’ve read it before or not — and that it inspires you to go get a Guinness tonight […]
Stop! Oh, yes, wait a minute, Mister Postman!
Now, I hear the USPS might shut down Saturday service … I’m okay with that — as long as they continue five days a week. But what I lament is the idea that people just don’t write old-fashioned letters anymore. We’re losing something — an archive of loves, loves lost, travels, penmanship, the ability to […]
Apocalypse now?
Have you read The Road? — Cormac McCarthy’s unblinking view of a not-so-brave, post-apocalyptic United States? If you haven’t read it … or couldn’t read it (for reasons you’d know if you even tried to read it) … you can always see the film of the same name. Or maybe you’ve heard of The Book […]
Tiger Tamed
I just watched Tiger’s press/public statement. Whatever his truth — whatever his past or future — he seemed very genuine, straight, humble(d), and believable. Guess we’ll see. My biggest interest was when he spoke about his upbringing as a Buddhist. That didn’t surprise me in terms of how focused he’s been on the golf course, […]
Quit ya whinin’!
Sheesh. Last night after I posted my “woe is me, I don’t got no fun” blog, I realized what a whiner I’ve turned into about this whole “365 days of fun” thing I got myself into for my New Year’s Resolution. So, I’m going to quit whining about how I’ve frickin’ lost my mojo, or […]
Letter-writing makes for good, old-fashioned fun
I’m a sucker for the handwritten letter. For me, there’s nearly nothing better than walking to the mailbox in front of my house, pulling open the little metal door, and finding an envelope with my name scrawled across it.
What if? …
… right this moment … or at least the minute you get done reading this blog … What if we all got up exactly this moment and