Friendly fun
Yesterday, all day, I looked forward to the fun I had planned for last night. It’s something that had been on my calendar for quite some time … something I don’t do nearly often enough: I met up with some girlfriends and just talked and listened … and talked some more. Was very fun to […]
New Year … New Attitude!
The Sarasota Herald Tribune is running an essay of mine in today’s (New Year’s Day, 2010) paper — page 17A for the printaphiliacs among you. (Yes, I think I made that word up!). Or, online at This Year, Let’s Get Happy. Here’s a snippet: Do I really want another year of struggling to lose 20 […]
Faith, fact and why MC is singing
Last night I woke up in the middle of the night, felt a knot in my stomach and recognized the worry: about family, deadlines, bills, clients who haven’t paid me for work I did last summer, and a retirement account that equals zilch. It was pitch black; I couldn’t see a thing, but still I […]
A tigger, not a tiger
“Bouncing is what Tiggers do best.” (A.A. Milne) Ah, and Tiger Woods is bouncing right now. Bouncing in a slightly different way from when he bounced from his mistress(es?) bed to wife’s, but bouncing nevertheless. Bouncing is what tiggers do — that’s all they know how to do. Because a real tiger knows when he’s […]
Cougar myths … debunked!
This column appeared in print in Creative Loafing newspaper 10/7/09. The topic of cougarsome cuties chasing cuddly cradle-dwellers is about as tasty an intellectual morsel as dining at the Olive Garden is a gastronomic one. Whether or not women d’un certain âge have sex with younger men is a topic as culturally passé as older […]
The dogma of dogs
I have a love/hate relationship with seeing a car go by with a dog poking its head or sometimes its whole upper body out of a car window. Head raised, ears flapping back, often a tongue hanging out flopping in the wind. I sometimes wonder about the safety of letting dog’s do this but I […]
September 11th … remembered
This is a column I wrote in 2007 … entitled Out on a Limb for Love Another September 11th has come and gone. Six of them now since the first, and we’re still afraid. Maybe even more afraid. Of terrorists, of global warming, of war, of the stock market. But mostly we’re afraid of each […]
Writing my religion
I write frequently about truth and lies in this column. I guess it’s because I believe, bottom line, that truth, lies, and the intentions behind them, are what make our character. And the pursuit of character — which for me means living with integrity, honor, and truth – is as close to having a religion […]
Here’s to your health! Chin, chin. Salut! — but you better have healthcare first!
Tim Sukits, staff writer at Creative Loafing, sent some good info on the health care issue …. I’m a strong proponent of health care reform — in a way that insures that all citizens have access to good, regular, and affordable health care, so I thought I’d share Tim’s message with my reality readers as […]
Le penseur
When I was working in Paris, my favorite museum was the musée de Rodin … August Rodin, the French sculptor. Rodin said that before an artist can create art, he “must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.” That’s pretty highbrow stuff, and I’m a big fan of the sculpture, […]