A Week Of Events In Sarasota

The season has kicked off with a bang in Sarasota. There’s always a lot going on here, but when the snowbirds start flocking back there are so many events in Sarasota that you have to pick and choose which to attend. This past week was the downtown Halloween celebration, where I captured these photos of … Read more

A Rocky Horror Virgin No More

Many years ago, in one of my previous incarnations, I was the marketing director for a large enclosed shopping mall that had a 10-plex theater attached to it. Although they screened the Rocky Horror Picture Show every Friday night, somehow I never managed to drag my butt into the theater at midnight to watch this … Read more

Randy Pausch On How To Live Life

Randy Pausch

Bob Dylan’s song, Blowin’ In The Wind, asked the question How many times must a man look up before he can see the sky? I have looked up and seen the sky in its million different moods. I have seen it without a wisp of a cloud to mar its pure cerulean blue. I have … Read more

Sometimes The USA Drives Me Crazy

Elysian Fields in Sarasota

I love my country but sometimes it drives me crazy….for instance my experience this afternoon at the well-known Sarasota book and gift store, Elysian Fields. I’d been to this store before and liked it, so, having just returned to Sarasota and being in the neighborhood, I stopped in to see what was gong on. They … Read more