There are many things to enjoy in The Villages and if you have not already noticed, many of our activities will invariable start or end with a meal. I do believe there are many reasons that contribute to this; the abundance of good restaurants, the prices are very reasonable compared to other parts of the country, the […]
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Retrograde…
Many years ago, things were not going right for me and it seemed that everything I touched went wrong. I could do no right. I mentioned this to a friend, who is a very knowledgeable astrologer, and she called me a few days later and said she checked my chart and my planet or planets […]
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We recently replaced two of our TV’s. Just as we were trying to figure out what to do with them as they worked perfectly, an advertisement appeared in The Daily Sun. HABITAT FOR HUMANITY Donations Needed *Household Items In Good Condition *Home Improvement Items *Gently Used Furniture *Collectibles Call 352-401-0075 For pick-up I called and […]
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How many times recently have you grabbed a piece of paper to jot a note down. A note meaning, you want to remember a particular thing, without putting any effort into trying to remember. We write down names, telephone numbers, good books, meeting times, good buys and more. When I examine my own behavior […]
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The other day I was riding through a neighborhood, and saw a sparkling white van that was parked in a driveway. The van’s whiteness caught my attention, and as I got closer I noticed the large clean, crisp, black lettering on the side… Popcorn Removal. Being from the North East, I only knew popcorn as something to eat, […]
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I do believe it is all of us, and I think winning an award or a prize started at a very early age. There were contests to be entered on the back of cereal boxes, and how about digging deep into a cracker jack box, to get that prize. Then our awards got more difficult; spelling Bs and […]
Read the rest of this entry »A Florida Snow Day…
The closest thing in Florida to a snow day is clouds, fog and rain. I’ve lived here for quite a few years now, and very very rarely do we have a full day of rain. The last few days we have gotten up to a low lying fog, the clouds have consistently been there and […]
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Talk about a group of volunteers and the extraordinary things they do. The Villages Honor Flight is a newly formed chapter of the national Honor Flight Network,which is dedicated to transporting Veterans to Washington DC to visit their respective Memorials. The inaugural flight for the Villages Honor Flight is scheduled this May. They will be […]
Read the rest of this entry »Remarkable Birthdays…
What makes a Birthday remarkable? Could it be the age of a person or the amount of guests at a Birthday party, perhaps their status in life or the location of the birthday celebration. Well, this week I was part of two such birthdays. There were no parties, one had cake the other will be having a luncheon […]
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No I’m not writing about my Father, and I’m not going to any NASCAR races. If you do however, you will see the Go Daddy endorsement on the car of one of the drivers, and no,the driver is not a Daddy being told to Go, because the driver is a she, she is Danica Patrick. […]
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