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Ahh-Mazing “AHA!” Discovery for July 2018: Author Elizabeth Wild – Life Lessons in a Children’s Book

Elizabeth “Liz” Wild, one of Rob Gourley’s cousins, is part of his Inventified Family that we are highlighting during Rob’s 70th year. In 1988, she wrote a children’s book, entitled “Along Came a Black Bird”. She gave Rob a copy of the book and added to the title page inside a drawing of a crow …

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Tennis Models

The eight members of Laurel Oak Tennis Club’s 3.5 Women’s Tennis Team in Sarasota, FL. are models. Certainly some fashion is involved. What is important here is they are inspiration models for both their families and friends. I am honored to play cardio tennis with these gals including in the summer, playing with their children …

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We Love the Offshore Racing Fans

Offshore racing in Sarasota is not the same. We try to keep articles light, entertaining, informative and always heartfelt. I realize this is somewhat of a departure since the latter (heartfelt) is mainly in play here. Our favorite memories in racing beyond going on stage to receive awards, was meeting the race fans at both …

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Ahh-Mazing “AHA!” Discovery for June 2018: Mason Trowbridge Jr. – Inventified By Necessity

Rob Gourley lost his first adoptive mother, Neeler, when he was a young boy. He stayed with his cousins, Helen, Liz and Jane, for about one year in northern Maine (Penobscot Bay) giving his father, Robinson Sr., time for both recovery and re-establishment of a stable home environment in New York before bringing back both …

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Universal Light, Love and Healing in the Blue Ridge Mountains

After our recent visit, Delphi University of Spiritual Studies is complex to describe … likely because the curriculum offers diverse healing modalities for the body and mind in a loving spiritual environment. Kimberly and Charles Curcio continue the legacy of Kimberly’s parents for an “energy academy” and recently completed the third temple, one dedicated to …

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Ahh-Mazing “AHA!” Discovery for May 2018: Raising a Inventified Child

My father-in-law, Robinson B. Gourley Sr., if he was still alive, would have laughed about what I considered one of his best lifetime accomplishments. He was a World War II veteran, an award-winning cellist, a career engineer for GE and a loving grandfather. In my opinion, his parenting skills, what he called “benign neglect”, actually …

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Homegrown Health Expo and Dinner Benefiting the Joseph P. Cory Foundation

What: Third Annual Gala to Benefit the Joseph P. Cory Foundation (JPC Foundation) Where: Double Tree Hilton Deerfield Boca, 100 Fairway Drive, Deerfield Beach, FL. When: Saturday, April 28, 2018, 4:30 to 7:30 P.M. for Health Expo, 6:30 P.M. Cocktails and 7:30 P.M. Dinner More Information Several years ago, Rob and I met at least …

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