Category: Current Events

Every blog has a beginning, though most of us don’t know how long that run will be when we write that first post. Over eight years ago, I hit “publish” without knowing where any of this would lead. I just knew I had something to say, and this felt like the right place to say …

I’m at the Writers League of the Villages Book Fair today. BZ is with me, sharing her book as well. I’m going to be at the local PeachWave on Tuesday afternoon to share my book. The PeachWave folks wanted me to provide an introduction to my writing, so I sent them the following. No sense …

I’m starting a karaoke class on Friday.  It runs for two Fridays in a row.  The instructor sent us an email and told us to practice beforehand because we’ll be singing on that first day.  I’ve been practicing all my life.  I sing in the car and around the house every day.  I’m pretty good …

My last post included a rewrite of a story about love languages that I wrote several weeks ago.  I asked AI to do the rewrite, which I knew it could.  I had asked for help on my Singles New Beginnings class a couple of times, so I thought a blog post would be easy.  I …

I took a class on how to use AI last Tuesday. I’ve been dabbling with it for a while and wanted to learn more. It’s pretty amazing. The more you use it the more it understands what you’re looking for. There are several platforms that you can follow. I tend to use copilot because it’s …

There was a gathering yesterday in the Mulberry area of The Villages. That’s the far north end.  It was a speed dating opportunity. I’ve been told that speed dating is basically a fast‑paced way for singles to meet a lot of new people in a short amount of time. You sit down with one person …

I’ve written about the epiphany I had in my closet a year ago following my shoulder surgery. I was ending the seven weeks I spent recording my audiobook, thinking about my lot in life, wishing it would change and realizing I was the only one who could change it. I didn’t take action until I …

One of my fellow memoir writers recently used two words in a story that struck a chord with me.  Avoid and omit.  The week before another writer shared an interview she’d conducted.  The interviewee had used the word “nigger’ but the writer said n-word when she read the story aloud.   That struck a chord with …

I told my friend Barbara that I was open to taking a dance class through The Villages’ Enrichment Academy.  I’d taken several classes over the years: magic, various computer classes, several writing classes, cardio drumming, and, yes, dance.  Ruth and I took a few dance classes: cha cha cha, country line, and country partner dance.  …

I met with my dermatologist last Monday.   It was a follow up appointment to one I had in January.  I wrote most of this blog after that first visit.  This is simply an update. When I met with the dermatologist I was scheduled for a full body inspection, so I made sure I wore my …