I have the distinct honor or being a member of the board of directors of the Sarasota Cuban Ballet School (SCBS) which focuses on training pre-professional students in the Cuban style of ballet for a career dancing at some of the finest ballet companies in the world. Dancers have left the SCBS and gone on to become members of such… Read More
Archives for December 2019
Oh, my! Santa’s Away!
I really hope Santa doesn’t mind. While he was away his chair was so inviting and well – I couldn’t resist! Ho! Ho! Ho!
Christmas Means So Very Much More
“Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas…perhaps…means a little bit more!” Theodor Seuss Geisel, How the Grinch Stole Christmas It’s that time of year. In a few days it will be here. The excitement is building but then so is the stress and tension and anxiety. Traffic is horrible already! Christmas lights are on steriods! It’s… Read More
We Are Not On Our Journey Alone
It is true that everyone has a story and everyone is on a journey. When our paths intersect, it is important to take a moment and learn about each other’s story. It is easy to make assumptions about people. We do so knowingly and unknowingly. With intention and without intention. With thought and without thought. It is only through opening… Read More
Lung Cancer Awareness Month Ended With Barely A Notice
How many people are actually aware that November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month? It came and went with barely a discussion. How many people are aware that lung cancer is the number one cancer killer, yet it is the least funded of all cancers? How many people know someone who has died from lung cancer or blessedly made it through… Read More