Category: Current Events

Shortly after Ruth’s accident, I established the Tebo Family Scholarship Fund. She and I had talked about creating it just a few weeks earlier. We considered supporting students from four different school districts: Plainwell, where she grew up and we met; Addison, where we raised our three children and lived for forty-three years; Adrian, where …

I missed having you and your sister at Wednesday’s class. I know you were busy packing to head back to Pennsylvania, but it would’ve been nice to connect one more time before you left. We had a combined group again, with Barbara leading the first hour and me taking the second. There were twenty-six attendees, …

I went to a celebration last Wednesday.  It was a part of my weekly Singles New Beginnings class.  The group was originally formed a few years ago as a book study for women looking to start a new life.  They’d either lost, or never had, a male in their life and were seeking a new …

If you’ve been reading my blog, you know I’ve taken several classes this winter. Three weeks ago, I signed up for what I thought was a plant‑based cooking class. I showed up for the first session ready to learn something new. Instead, I walked out disappointed. Last spring, after receiving two heart stents during a …

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 …