{"id":626,"date":"2025-03-07T21:15:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T02:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/?p=626"},"modified":"2025-03-07T21:25:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T02:25:16","slug":"rotary-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flickerinthewater.com\/blog\/rotary-address\/","title":{"rendered":"Rotary Address"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Special thanks to the Rotary Club of Naples Pelican Bay for hosting me this morning. The audience was fantastic and came up with some irresistible one-liners. I might have to include in my next book. The Club gifted me the flag in the photo. 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