About me: Cyndi Lenz

Psych Nurse Documentary Filmmaker Vlogger Blogger Photographer Crazed River Warrior of the Indian River Lagoon

Now blogging at http://treasurecoast.com/

I’m an award winning documentary filmmaker for The Garbage of Jupiter Beach.

Vlogger from way back. One of the original UVU (Channel 2 Miami. I saw myself mostly as a Vlogger. Easy Peasy. Shoot. Edit. Post.)

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What was just suppose to be another video blog to document morphed ( as it does in life one thing leads to another as we grow.) I went from being the person who was documenting to a person with an opinion.

Throwback Thurs Toxic River. Will it be deja vu all over again.

Sometimes I try to look at the humor it because frankly it’s my best coping mechanism. Here I am writing about how it’s a felony to feed the beers but now totally cool to shoot them. How do you deal with that?

https://cyndi-lenz.com/2015/04/28/i-am-not-a-bear-trust-me/

This blog was about my friend Ezra who wrote on the ground with chalk and almost got arrested. This is big deal and depending on where you write you may be arrested. Even if the evidence is washed away by the rain the next day,

https://cyndi-lenz.com/2015/05/04/chalksy-the-eco-terrorist/

and sometimes I just go with the flow.

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Some days my blogs just write themselves. I literally outed someone who was fired from their job very quietly and did not find out about it until after.  (whoops ,sorry about that). I also had a great story that was literally news all over the internet when the Tea Party decided to hire actors and not tell them they were truly protesting and not filming a documentary.

https://cyndi-lenz.com/2015/04/07/actors-duped-in-tea-party-protest-at-south-florida-water-management/

I also writing about nursing, mental health,

https://cyndi-lenz.com/2015/05/11/the-asylum-life-house-on-the-hill/

https://cyndi-lenz.com/2015/06/04/jail-is-the-new-state-mental-hospital-where-are-the-diversion-programs/

movies, documentaries,

https://cyndi-lenz.com/2015/08/09/h2-worker-documentary-legal-slavery/

Florida back roads

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https://cyndi-lenz.com/2015/06/28/traveling-florida-back-roads-fort-basinger-and-the-lockett-estate/

and anything I might find interesting and think my readers will enjoy and learn from.  I have a lot of visitors from all over the world and they are mostly reading my stuff on water and sugar. I   frequently go on “adventure trips” with a friend of mine where we go to see what is really going on so we can show the folk back home.

Adventures with toilets.

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bathroom with spiders at sta 5/6

https://cyndi-lenz.com/2015/06/14/sfwmd-dirty-toilets-affront-to-citizens/

Photographer.  My photo’s can be found in various blogs, magazines (Eco, Boca Dog, Treasurecoast.com)  and even a Military Psychology Book

and crazed river warrior of the Indian River Lagoon.

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We have been documenting the issue with the discharges in real time on our Facebook page for the last few years.

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and you’ll find more video on my You Tube page and the River of Light You Tube Page

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Cyndi’s You Tube Page Tropical Dawg

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This past year I traveled to many, many clean water events and my goal was to document these events so not one could say these never happened. I then uploaded my video, shared it but then posted it on one page so I could simply send that page to the organizers and they could pick and choose what video they wanted.

We also attended a lot of meeting with our local water board.

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Again, very important to have this video because last year passed amendment one and it was suppose to give us money to buy the land needed to build a reservoir to send the water south to stop our our discharges, to recharge the aquifers of South Florida and to save the water which is in great peril.

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Some days I write blogs for specific people. Like President Obama or my US Congressman Patrick Murphy.

https://cyndi-lenz.com/2015/05/02/green-toxic-algae-poisen-poised-and-ready-to-kill-us/

Sometimes people call and ask for information and I’ll just write a blog about and send to them.

I always invite my friends to be a guest blogger. Nothing is better than turning your friends on to blogging.

https://cyndi-lenz.com/2015/08/01/fruit-stands-are-ripe-for-learning/

Sometimes I just make videos. Here is one I made to show people what is in the park that will destroyed if a bridge is built.

As a nurse I really can’t talk about what I do all day long. I won’t even go there. When I come home and wrap up my charting I need to “unremember” the day.  Blogging helps me move from being  a secret keeper  back to the world with people I can communicate with.

and sometimes I just need to work things out and I have realized that if something is bothering me most likely it bothering someone else.

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I want  just to say welcome all of you. I so appreciate you being here! Keep in touch!

#blogging101

#cyndilenz

#clean water

#nursing

41 comments on “About me: Cyndi Lenz

  1. Mike Curtis says:

    Hi Cyndi – If you ever need any help with video editing or effects, I can be reached at meshman@mikecurtisfx.com. I’m living on the Treasure Coast. I like your info.

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  2. What an amazing and dedicated person you are! I have just begun exploring your blog — it’s inspiring and wonderful. Count me as a new follower!

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  6. Kevin says:

    Hi Cindy, you have a great About page and certainly quite a few interesting tales to say. If I were to make a suggestion, don’t you think it would be better to create hyper links rather than pasting the entire blog link?
    For instance, for the link to your documentaries page, it would be nice if by clicking the term “documentaries”, I could go directly to that.

    Have a nice day!

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  7. izabolinha says:

    So glad I “found” you again , through your post today in Commons . Have a lot of catch up reading to do here (why did I not follow you first time I laid my eyes on you ?) I’m so lucky I can read all night long 😉
    Turtle Hugs

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  8. Happy I came upon your site. ❤

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  9. M. L. Kappa says:

    Hi Cyndi! Cool blog. I’m looking forward to exploring. Lots of interesting stuff to be had.

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  10. Jody Lebel says:

    http://www.msn.com/en-ca/video/downtime/this-floating-garbage-can-collects-trash-from-the-water/vp-BBnRhFH
    Take a look at this. Interesting. It doesn’t help chemical pollution but it cleans the debris.

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  11. Steve Poole says:

    Hi Cyndi,

    Read about your Uncle Edward Zorik Gelman. I live in the Isle of Man and was instrumental in getting a memorial placed at the crash site. I wrote the story of this crash and the people involved in my book ‘Rough Landing or Fatal Flight’ back in 1999, its now out of print, but I am planning a reprint. I lots of information you and your Father may be interested in regarding this crash

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  12. Robin Phelps says:

    How do you know Tom Moody aka Tommy Ray Moody just asking

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  13. Jihnk says:

    Your opinions lack research and do not present a true depiction of the issues.

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  14. ALAN STEEL says:

    HI CINDI, I AM ONE OF THE TEAM LOOKING AFTER THE 381ST BG MUSEUM HERE AT RIDGEWELL UK. WE ARE LOOKING FOR PHOTOS OF ALL OUR MEN INTERNED AT MADINGLEY FOR THIS YEARS CEREMONY. CAN YOU SEND ME A PHOTO OF YOUR UNCLE PLEASE. a.steel@btinternet.co. MEMBERSHIP SEC. AND TREASURER 381ST BG UK.

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  15. mike h. says:

    Dear Cyndi , I read your story about your uncle. Very sad. What was his duties with the 532nd? My dad was a pilot also with the 381st BG out of Ridgewell. He was with the 534th squadron. On his journey to England he landed at Nutts Corner , Ireland to refuel before getting to his final destination in England. He would laugh every time he told me about landing in Nutts Corner. I’ve been trying to write his story but it’s slow goin. Take care Mike P.S. good luck doing your thing.

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  16. Gary says:

    Martin County Commissioner Stacey Hetherington is phony and a fraud!
    http://www.hetheringtonfraud.com

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