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Continuing with ways to increase our self-awareness, I offer the Johari’s Window Model. As can be viewed below, the model is a quadrant with variables pertaining to self and others, as well as known and unknown. The combinations of these variables form windowpanes or a matrix. The upper left-hand quadrant is defined by “What is […]

Hello from the Golf Shop. Summer has been busy at the club with Reciprocal play from other clubs breaking all-time records. With a few local clubs going through renovations, and the great conditions of our courses, HP has become known as one of the top summer courses to play. Golf course maintenance has been working […]

You are playing hole number 1 on the Sabal Golf Course. You hit your second stroke over the bunker on the right side of the fairway just short of the green. For your next stroke you would like to use your putter. The problem is that there is a pile of sand just off the […]

CLARK HITTING A SHOT As many of you may know, I fell in my verandah in December, 2023 which resulted in a hospital stay and rehab, all of which lasted over six weeks. Several years before that, I had developed neuropathy in my lower legs and feet which affected my nerves, legs, and balance. I […]

Here are the Fort Myers regional theatre offerings for the coming season. Contact these venues now for the best seats and pricing. Florida Repertory Theatre, 2268 Bay Street, Fort Myers. The FL Rep is celebrating their 28th season as “one of America’s top repertory theatres” according to the Wall Street Journal. Check their website at […]

The 1960’s were some of the most significant years in American history. The decade saw the Civil Rights Movement and a rising counterculture that altered the shape of the American social fabric. Pop music exploded like never before with the British Invasion led by the Beatles and Rolling Stones, but the ’60s were also an […]

Innovation doesn’t always follow a straight line. Some of history’s most famous inventions, including the microwave, were born from accidents. Others, though not strictly accidental, ended up serving a completely different purpose than originally intended – such as the blood pressure medication that ended up becoming a famous hair loss remedy. These inventions, though all […]

The world’s population is more than three times larger than it was in the mid-twentieth century. On November 15, 2022, the world’s population reached 8 billion people up from an estimated 2.5 billion people in 1950, adding 1 billion people since 2010, and 2 billion since 1998. This dramatic growth has been driven largely by […]

The Communications Committee has diligently worked on capturing and more importantly, updating, the History of Heritage Palms. There are five PowerPoint modules on our website which touch on our overall History (76 pages), Golf (76 pages), Member Activities and Volunteer Efforts (64 pages), Governance (13 pages), and Tennis and Pickleball (34 pages). Each of these […]