New Year’s … past and present
Last night, I walked along Siesta Beach — something I rarely take the time to do. I meandered … mosied … along the water’s edge. Nudged seashells, watched some kind of dive-bombing kind of bird — not a pelican … had the tail of a swallow, I thought. Stood in sun salutation with a ragtag […]
Café chess — très sexy
Here’s a column that ran in 2006, but today, I’m so jonesin’ for my life in Boston, that it feels apropos to post. —————————- I spent this past Monday morning, a holiday, lazily finishing what was left from the Sunday NY Times. Sitting outside, a cup of Joe percolating through my veins; the day, the […]
Pricking our hearts … giving pelican-style
I heard from All Faiths today, and in just one week, Reality readers have donated $612 to help feed the needy and hungry folks in our community. That’s the equivalent of 970 meals if you can believe it! Isn’t that amazing? I’m really blessed (and I don’t say that lightly) and very grateful for the […]
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 minutes ago. Let me set the stage: I woke at 7 am this morning to go outside and tackle my untamed yard. My yard grows rabidly and I’m always behind […]
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 Sarasota is continuing to offer a domestic-partner plan that would provide health insurance benefits, similar to those offered to spouses, to the live-in partners of city employees. The amendment states […]
Funny money business
In the March issue of Sarasota Magazine, a local business leader spoke about a new campaign to improve the public perception of the business community in Sarasota. When asked how a campaign like that would help, he replied, “People didn’t get to Sarasota by working on an assembly line. They’re entrepreneurs. They’re educated, risk takers, […]
Thankful for what matters
Originally published October 2007. Newspapers – good ones — help foster connections and compassion within a community, and I’m grateful to be a small part of that through the Pelican Press. But without readers, newspapers (not to mention moi) would be out of business.
Dateless in Sarasota aka the KitKat Man
Did you know that Sarasota is one of the best cities in the country to be single and dating … as long as you’re over 55 and pulling down $200,000 a year!? I came across that tidbit of information recently in Sarasota Magazine and have been debating moving back to Boston ever since. Actually, I’m […]
Come on, and take a (nearly) free ride
At 50 cents a ride — about a third of what folks pay in other parts of the country — Sarasota County’s bus fares have long offered local folks one of the few good deals they get in this ever-more-expensive town. Now, the County wants to raise the fare from 50 to 75 cents to […]
Lunar romance
The mind is a prickly beast. It disbelieves almost everything the heart believes. It takes the heart to task for being foolish. It demands that we ignore feelings in favor of facts. To a large extent, this is a good thing. We can’t run around willy-nilly to the whims of a red, thumping reactionary like […]