Category: Current Events

The Columbine shooting on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, occurred when two teens went on a shooting spree, killing 13 people and wounding more than 20 others, before turning their guns on themselves and committing suicide. The Columbine shooting was, at the time, the worst high school shooting in U.S. …

I’ve always believed if you don’t know who’s the worst player on your team – any team – it’s you.  I played in a thirty-six hole four-man scramble over two days this week and felt that way more than once.  Turns out I wasn’t. It’s not a stretch to call The Villages, Florida the golf …

When I set out to learn more about the Coleman Prison, I discovered the following. The prison complex sits on 1,600 acres and as of 2010 was the largest correctional facility operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. It housed more than 7,100 prisoners and had 1,300 employees.   The prison has housed a variety …

Ruth and I purchased our first home in The Villages in 2004. Since then, we’ve owned four. Each was larger than the previous and in a new Village. In the process we’ve determined a 2,000 square foot home serves us best. I control about a hundred square feet including a recliner in the living room, …

I’ve been taking a Tai Chi class for several weeks. We’ve got two lessons left. Our instructor is very patient and takes each lesson slow and easy. Some may think Tai Chi is Chinese for Hokey Pokey. They would be wrong. While I don’t know the actual translation, many refer to it as “shadowboxing” because …

I wrote about dealing with Plantar Fasciitis several months ago.  My bout with the affliction began in July while playing golf.  I didn’t know what was wrong, I just knew something was.  I fumbled through the pain for several weeks, hoping it would just go away.  It didn’t.  I ended up purchasing some expensive shoe …

There was a time when I thought Elizabeth might never publish her book.  Fifteen years is a long time for a thought to percolate.  While the words were ready, the illustrations weren’t, and you need illustrations in a children’s book.  Children need to see as well as read or hear the words.  The pictures help …

As a polio pioneer from the 1950’s, I’m about vaccined out. I think I’ve had em all. I’ve been poked and prodded much of my life. I accepted my fate and followed the directives of, first, my parents who made those decisions for me and, later, I became the master of my own health by …