PIVOT POINT

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In the year 2017 I took the first step on a journey that continues to unfold. It was Lent.  A season associated with eating fish on Fridays and giving things up for 40 days, like television or sweets. Penance, I guess. But there is more. Lent can be a time for renewal, for growth, for trying out new things. In 2017 First Congregational United Church of Christ in Sarasota offered FEAST: friends eat...

My guest on Pivot Point today is Dr. Ceil Bare, a Tallahassee resident. She talks about two pivot points in her life - going back to school in her 40s, getting degrees, having a career with Florida State University’s International Programs, and living a dream of being an archaeologist by being part of FSU’s Cetamura excavation in Italy for 25 years - digging up the past. Molto bene! So, turn up th...

Alan Youngblood joins me for an exciting Pivot Point podcast. He is an amazing photographer both above and below the waterline. Youngblood shares the defining moment in college when he realized his life’s journey would be telling stories visually. After working for 35 years as a photojournalist and photo editor for the New York Times Regional Group, Halifax Media Group and Gatehouse, Alan is fullt...

Garland Pollard is the editor of the Boca Beacon and the Gasparilla magazine, both print and online versions, plus a visitors guide, and a phone book - yes there are still phone books! He is my guest on Pivot Point for December, 2023. Garland, who became editor in November, 2023, shares why comminity newspapers matter and how the Gasparilla Island community supports them. Community newspapers arou...

Welcome Carol Rescigno, president of Brady Sarasota United Against Gun Violence. She is my guest on Pivot Point for November, 2023. You may have seen Brady volunteers standing or sitting at the southern end of the Bayfront, holding signs, on Thursday afternoons from 4-5 p.m. fall and winter - their positive presence proclaiming the need for universal background checks, locking up guns in the home...

Pivot Point with my guest Lorrie Muldowney, a Sarasota resident and President of the Sarasota Alliance for Historic Preservation. Lorrie shares how starting to run one minute at a time proved to be a pivot point - leading to completing half marathons. And she talks about preservation of the past - not just structures but the memories that go with them. Plus she issues a call to action for you to g...

Photo caption: Julie C. Henry sees surprising things in her book. Photo credit: Lucy Tobias. Location: outside Pastry Art cafe in downtown Sarasota, Florida Have you ever seen a naked mole rat? No, neither have I. But they have leadership lessons to teach us. Oh yes. Along with spiders, giraffes, sea cucumbers and other denizens of the animal kingdom. Julie C. Henry, a leadership consultant,  capt...

Usually Wednesday Notes is a blog with a story and photos. Today is different - a podcast! Lean in and listen to Jim’s story about land transformed by trees. Jane reads a poem about trees and Jim says these words “the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the next best time is today” Oh yes, after listening to this story I am ready to plant a tree! Here is a photo take by Jane Hunder of some...

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