Great News for the Planet!!!!!

GAINESVILLE:
GRU Solar Plan Given City Approval
The city of Gainesville moved one step closer on Thursday to adopting a solar energy incentive plan that would be the first of its kind in the nation. The plan would allow Gainesville Regional Utilities to purchase energy produced by solar panels at a rate calculated to be profitable to the owner of the panels. Commissioners and leaders from GRU were optimistic that the plan -- known internationally as a feed-in tariff -- would create a blossoming solar industry in Gainesville and attract investment in the renewable energy. [Source: Gainesville Sun]

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Let the Sun Shine In!!!!

The weather is sublime in November in Sarasota! This is my absolute favorite month - hands down. October is still a little warm. Halloween is a great holiday - no doubt. But I've been staring at skeletons, bludgeoned doll brides and 20 skulls in the front yard for a month and the beauty of nature is all there is to look at in November. The onslaught of holiday lights aren't yet on display (nor the pressure to hang ours) and Thanksgiving isn't a high stress holiday for me. So I sat in a solar seminar all day Saturday thinking how exciting a time it is to live in Florida. The federal rebate on solar installations that allows people 30% off the cost of a system with no cap starting Jan.1, 2009 is about as exciting as it gets! Finally, it's time I can feel great talking to people about the benefits of solar energy. I can't wait!

More fun sun facts to follow in the days to come!

Coming Up

I'm excited to say my new website is almost complete. Stay tuned!!!

Tiffany in Eve Ensler’s The Good Body

Monica Kennedy

Tiffany in "The Good Body" and I are about as shallow as a sheet cake pan, but here are a few of the things that I know. There is a voice in our head that tries to possess our thoughts and minds. But it is not who we are. Many around us are phony and are completely identified with the false sense of self that is ego. Years of male domination and Madison Avenue have enabled the ego to gain supreme dominion. But we are not our thoughts. Thinking is a small aspect of the totality of our consciousness, the totality of who we are. The more thoughts we have of the physical body, the more identified we are with the ego. We are easily trapped there and alienated from our true selves, as well as others and the world around us. When creativity, love and compassion are evident in our lives, the peace, joy and aliveness that comes with it, will bring us all back again and again. The shift on earth towards consciousness is quickly taking away the hold the ego has on the human mind. Some say the ego is losing its hold on women more quickly than on men because it was never as deeply rooted in us. The quicker we individually and collectively say "yes" to the thoughts that connect us to our true selves and allow us to follow our hearts, the quicker we will all live in an authentic world where sheet cake never tasted so good.

Great Show!!!

Banyan Theatre's end of season show

 

 

Did anybody get a chance to check out Banyan Theatre's The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl in Sarasota? Friday night's performance was so solid! The maid Matilde, hysterically played by exotic hotty Karina Barros, started the show with a hip gyrating short monologue entirely in Portuguese (or was it Spanish? She is from Sao Paulo. I'm still kicking myself for taking French.) There were 5 great cast members that Doug Jones directed in a show which examined the many angles of cleaning. The maid HATED to clean and the stay at home sister of a woman doctor LOVED to clean. That was the clothesline on which heavier topics of death, fidelity, life's purpose and self importance were hung. My friend, Ann Morrison, got the cherry role of getting her ta-ta's kissed in the shadows in the first act by Doug Jones, no less. Then she takes some serious tongue from a different sweet dude in the second act. Ohhhhhhhhhhhh the perks of performing! Ann has performed on Broadway in Merrily We Roll Along and Lovemusik and shouldn't be missed if you get to see her here in Sarasota. This show closed yesterday and another great summer season at The Banyan has come to an end. It was Carole Kleinberg's first season as artistic director and I'm so proud of her. This lady came from Chicago several years back and has really touched Sarasota's theatres in meaningful ways. She directed me and 12 other ladies in "The Good Body" by Eve Ensler earlier this summer and definitely has a knack for it. What live shows, if any, did you see in Sarasota this summer? Anything good? What show are you most looking forward to seeing this theatre season? Maybe we can get a group together?

Monicas Money Shot

This digital girl is no longer in the analog world baby! My fictional and non-fictional musings aren't meant to offend anyone although I'm sure some will be. Apologizing in advance all the while hoping you enjoy the hell out of them as they come through me to this here blog!