What Makes A Good Leader? It Certainly Isn’t Free
I’m always so impressed by Susie Bowie, Manatee Community Foundation’s chief executive. Not just because she’s also a redhead, which in and of itself is impressive — right, Marianne Barnaby and Kathy Eckert? — but
Gut Check, Everyone: We Need Affordable Housing. Now.
Typically for this column, I write about my personal life stories, but today I pause to take a good hard look at our community and what I can be doing to make it a
Time Flies, So You Have To Be Your Own Pilot
In “The Big Sky,” A.B. Guthrie’s beautifully written novel of the American West in the 1830s, Dick Summer, a wily, seasoned and sometimes savage frontiersman, laments his aging self. Guthrie writes as Summers, “It
My Apologies, Dear Ones. I Need To Listen.
As readers of this column are aware, I have the privilege of serving as the executive director of the Women’s Resource Center. Those of you who know me or work with me know that
There’s Always Room For More Family
My husband John and I are lucky enough to be able to head up to the cooler North Carolina mountains a couple times a year — it’s quiet, cool and we go to visit
I’m A G-Mom, Totally, And Hopelessly In Love
We used to giggle at their behavior and roll our eyes when they would turn on the photo app on their phones to proudly scroll over literally hundreds of images, or for the less