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Shell Shocked: Trying to Put Two Thoughts Together
January 12, 2012 They say that when you get older your memory starts to go and that you can't put thoughts together that lead to a logical conclusion. They say that your mind begins to wander. more »»
Theater Notes
January 12, 2012 The man who walked on stage, Will Stutts, according to the Playbill, has done in three decades, well over 1,000 live performances, performing before audiences “estimated to total over one million. more »»
What's Blooming: Wax Myrtle
January 12, 2012 First impression: Bumpy, aromatic, bluish lavender berries covering a multitude of stems. They are teeny tiny and too numerous to count. more »»
Center Stage: Broadway Palm Launches Season
January 5, 2012 The Broadway Palm Dinner Theater launched the 2012 Season with their 139th production of “For Me and My Girl” the very same show that opened this dinner theater back in 1993. more »» 
Living Sanibel: Black Spiny-tailed Iguana
January 5, 2012 On Gasparilla Island, located in southern Charlotte and northwestern Lee County, the invasive and environmentally damaging black spiny-tailed iguana has become a major concern to both... more »»
Poetic License: My First Tropical Christmas
January 5, 2012 “No hableh ingléh en Viequeh,” (Do not speak English in Vieques) I still remember my mother’s words a few days before Christmas and after we had just completed a five-day steamship voyage to... more »»
Shell Shocked: Heartbreak in Sanibel
January 5, 2012 2011 was a tumultuous, unpredictable and volatile year in Sanibel. more »» 
Living Sanibel: Brown Pelicans
December 30, 2011 As you travel up and down the coast, it is impossible not to spot this large, easily recognized bird feeding on the threadfin herring and glass minnows that gather along the shoreline and in the... more »»
Poetic License: The Night Before Christmas on Sanibel Isle
December 30, 2011 ‘Twas the night before Christmas on Sanibel Isle, Not a gator was stirring, not our one crocodile. The Roseate Spoonbills wore pink underwear While Flamingos were sleeping with legs in the air. more »»
Shell Shocked: The Worst Poem Ever Written
December 30, 2011 During a recent epiphanous moment while nibbling away on a bagel and cream cheese, which is when most of my creative ideas emerge, I decided to write a poem that would welcome in the New Year. more »» 
What's Blooming in Paradise: Silver Buttonwood
December 30, 2011 First impression: Pimpled, leather like, pea shaped in shades of cranberry red to chocolate brown. These fruits and seeds are clustered around oodles of stems and branches. more »»
Poetic License: Underwater Christmas
December 23, 2011 Tis the night before Christmas in Florida’s Southwest, Not a bank that survived will lend or invest. The stores are all open till the stroke of midnight — In hopes a late shopper will come into sight. more »»
Shell Shocked: A Day in the Life of an Activist
December 23, 2011 Did you ever wonder what it's like to be a full time activist? It must be difficult to choose which causes you'll demonstrate for or against on any given day. There are so many. more »» 
What's Blooming in Paradise: Calico Flower
December 23, 2011 First impression: Ethereal, exotic, lush calico pattern in maroons and yellow on a Sci-Fi shaped flower. This pattern is on side of two large fused, floppy flower lobes. more »» 
Poetic License: The Madonna of Fort Myers
December 14, 2011 She stands alone, almost lost before a brick wall looming behind her, an apparition in strapless taffeta on the vacant street, wet with rain. more »»
Shell Shocked: How to Avoid Getting Lost on Sanibel
December 14, 2011 Did you ever ask yourself what was your most memorable moment on Sanibel? I remember the time I got lost yes, lost. more »» 
What's Blooming in Paradise: Hibiscus
December 14, 2011 First impression: Bright, exotic five petal flowers in unimaginable color combinations. Filaments are colorful and long. more »»
Center Stage: Happy Holiday Season
December 3, 2011 The Happy Holiday Season has just been launched with the 138th Broadway Palm production of Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas. more »»
Poetic License: Two Tennis Poems with Same Happy Ending
December 3, 2011 Villanelle of the Senior Tennis Round Robin (For Carmine Marotta) Returning each morning to dust and clay, We brave the perilous tennis shore To beat oblivion one more day. more »»
Shell Shocked: Why Did You Leave Us Little Joe Micale
December 3, 2011 Little Joe Micale was a friend of mine. He was a hair stylist and a writer, an awesome combination. I saw Joe last Tuesday. I had a haircut in the morning and following it we went to lunch. more »» |
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