The Sarasota Herald-Tribune picked up a piece I wrote and is running it in today’s paper. If you pick up a copy, the column, titled What a Dad Needs to Tell a Daughter, is on page A12. Or you can read it online at the newspaper’s website, by clicking here: What a Dad Needs to Tell a Daughter. Read more »

This piece will appear in the June 17th print issue of Creative Loafing, and they’ve already posted it online at their website. Read it here or at CL (you can post your comments at either site) or just look for it at newsstands on Wednesday (the 17th) if you prefer!

Ah, New Hampshire – that bastion of backwoods, barns, and covered bridges – has given me yet another reason to love it: On June 3, the Granite State legalized marriage between same-sex couples.

I’ve had a major jones for New Hampshire since catching my first glimpse of that state’s motto — “Live Free or Die” – while on a family vacation when I was a teenager. Read more »

The editors at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune are running a piece of mine in today’s (May 23) paper. It’s a column about my experience working at a veteran’s homeless shelter in Boston. If you pick up a print copy, you can find it on page A12 in the op/ed section.

Or, you can click through on this link and read it at their website: Those who survived but struggle.

If you like — or don’t like — what you see, you can post a comment online at their site or here at mine; or you can write a letter to the editor by clicking on this link: http://www.heraldtribune.com/section/opinion04

Wishing everyone a safe and happy and thoughtful Memorial Day weekend!

The Sarasota Herald Tribune ran a piece of mine today. You can read it on page A10 or simply follow the link here: In Sarasota, gap widens between the haves and the have-nots.

Here’s a snippet:

Yes, a lot of people made a lot of money, and most of it was done with little regard to how regular folks would survive the seemingly unending upward spiral of housing costs and the correlative costs of living in what had become, essentially, a rich man’s town.

If you’re a daily newspaper reader and want to catch me in print … the Sarasota Herald Tribune picked up a piece I wrote about believing you’ve got the luck of the Irish … even if you’re not Irish and even if it’s not St. Patrick’s Day. You can read it at that link just provided, or check it out in print on page 8A!

And BIG THANKS to everyone who’s sent such nice emails and/or picked up my book today! You made my day!

HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY!

My hometown newspaper — the Sarasota Herald Tribune — picked up a piece I wrote about the connection between having a manicure and losing one’s home. I always appreciate appearing in one of the local papers, and the Herald-Trib is the “big daily” in town; nice of them to include my work. Fingers crossed maybe someday they’ll consider a regular gig for me in their pages … hey, I can dream, can’t I?

You may have already read the piece in my blog, or picked up the paper today, but if not and you want to check it out, here’s the link:

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090217/COLUMNIST/902170327

The Tampa Tribune made my Valentine’s Day! They bought and ran my Real Romance Costs Nothing column and it’s in today’s paper! If you haven’t read it already on this blog … you can read it here

Yippee! Wishing you all a gorgeous V-Day!

A nice Christmas present from the editors at Tampa Trib — they picked up my Christmas Troll Story.

If you missed it, and are interested … just click here: Tampa Trib Christmas Troll Story December 25, 2008

Happy day after Thanksgiving! Hope you all enjoyed a fabulous day with friends, family, critters, nature, football, and food!

A slightly different version of a blog posting I made earlier this month was picked up by the Op/Ed editor at the Bradenton Herald. If you’re interested you can link to that commentary by clicking here: Thanksgiving is Really All About Love.

I haven’t appeared in the Bradenton Herald before and I really appreciate the editor there giving me a shot in his pages. If you care to leave a comment at the paper’s site, they offer a place for comment at the end of my piece.

The editors at the Pelican Press — the old stomping grounds for my Reality Chick column — were kind enough to buy an article I freelance wrote on the issue of Amendment Two and the City of Sarasota’s ongoing policy of offering health insurance benefits to employees involved in same-sex relationships.

I support what the City is doing. This piece is not an opinion piece — just a news piece on the potential conundrum the City and a lot of other employers could be facing ….

I hope you take a moment to read the article — you can find it in your local copy of the Pelican Press or check it out at their online presence here: City still offering benefits to same-sex partners