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    I ♥ Hart’s Landing

    Honesty and integrity are the only things we leave behind when we die. Work on it today.” I’d like to have met the man who thought like that. But Hart seems to have left one more thing behind: A much-needed legacy of a simpler time – and a place where the heart of Sarasota lives [...]

  • Image courtesy of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

    New Year, new me, new you … same old (wonderful) Siesta Key Beach

    I love me some Siesta Key sand … read my homage to the #1 beach in the country in tomorrow’s Sense and the City column in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Siesta Key, Florida beach rules!

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    I AM … Who You Are

    John Donne wrote, “every man is a piece of the continent”; Thoreau asked, “What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?” Gandhi said, “Live simply so that others may simply live.” Tom Shadyac, in his new film, I AM, gives us reason to hope that [...]

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    Nourish Your Noggin in Sarasota

    Is it possible to nourish your noggin in Sarasota without breaking the bank? The answer is yes. And this week’s Sense and the City column tells you how! Click here to read my column online — or check it out in today’s Sarasota Herald Tribune.

  • Selby Scholars Victoria Leonard, University of South Florida and Elaine Moore, Sarah Lawrence College; with Community Partner Darlene Wedler-Johnson, Provost, State College of Florida-Venice.

    Connecting Selby Scholars and Sarasota Movers and Shakers

    Last week, I had the pleasure of participating in the William G. and Marie Selby Foundation’s 11th annual Selby Scholar Symposium, which pairs mentors from the community with scholars who are currently attending college in Florida and beyond. To read the rest of this Sense and the City column in today’s Sarasota Herald-Tribune, click here: [...]

Reality Online

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    UFood Grill– Food U Might Like

    I’m not a big stock market person, but over the past several months I’ve been buying some stock — not a ton, but just enough to make life interesting — in a penny stock called UFood. UFood Grill (www.ufoodgrill.com) is a burgeoning restaurant chain based in Boston. This new restaurant brand was founded by the [...]

  • Stop the Payola to Lure and Keep Businesses in Sarasota

    “No one likes them. Every one hates them. Yet states and municipalities continue to offer monetary incentives to seduce companies to choose their communities over others. And, of course, we, the taxpayers, pick up the tab.” — That’s an excerpt from a great article in today’s Sarasota Herald-Tribune BIZ Weekly section by Jerry Chautin, a [...]

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    To boldly go … to the Longboat Key Education Center!

    Yesterday, I had an absolute BLAST at the Longboat Key Education Center. I was there to give a talk and had a wonderful time speaking to and talking with the audience. The Center’s director Susan Goldfarb was super charming and the audience asked such great questions and added many great comments during the 30-minute Q&A [...]

  • Tell me, what is it you plan to do?

    Tell me, after you read The Summer Day, what you plan to do with your one, wild, precious life, on this winter January day? The Summer Day by Mary Oliver Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean- the one who has flung [...]

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    Welcome to the New Reality Online!

    Wow! It’s hard to believe that three years ago this month — August 2008 — I launched MC’s Reality Online blog. I had no idea whether anyone would visit my blog, much less come back for a second visit …

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