is alive and well in The Villages, oh I mean the True Crime Book Club. I belong to the Bookworm Book Club and along with 75 plus woman attend the monthly meeting, which is never disappointing. Normally a book club consists of a small group of woman meeting most often in someone’s home to discuss […]

Is Red to me. I guess I never gave it much thought as to why it is called Black Friday. I think I thought it referred to standing in long lines, which would be very unpleasant, difficult, dismal or in other words described as Black. As you see I didn’t put much thought into it […]

to all my friends, new and old, and Happy Birthday Damian. 17 years old today and going for his driving license tomorrow. I can’t help but think of what I was doing when I was 17, it was a big footbal game day when we played our traditional Thanksgiving Day rival, Hawthorne (NJ) High School. […]

The USA Pickleball Association recently held its’ National Tournament in Buckeye, Arizona and The Villages were represented by eight of our pickleball players. Now here is the great news, these eight players brought home 13 medals, including 9 gold medals. And these winners thought they were coming to The Villages to retire. I would love to […]

and The Villages. There are so many great things going on in The Villages and Combat Veterans to Careers has to be one of the best. We all hear and read how our young Veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are struggling to find employment, continue with their education, deal with their health issues and […]

wanting to say, if I already told you this story stop me. I actually picked that up from my Grandmother who when in her 80’s was so afraid of repeating herself that she would start every sentence with it. Well this morning I was starting to write about how time flies when I thought didn’t I […]

for The Villages. As I had mentioned, my son and his family were here for a couple of days and had a good time as usual. My grandson Damian is celebrating his 17th birthday next week and is the son everyone would like to have. He plays Varsity sports, he gets great grades, he’s a […]

to have company especially when it’s your son and his family. They are arriving this afternoon from New Jersey and they were the lucky ones. No trees down and they had their electric back on in just hours. They have had cousins and nephews staying with them. Teenagers need showers, so it was just a […]

qualified to be the first golfers to play Evans Prairie on opening day, which was last Friday. It was quite a feat they performed to be the 72  winners of the Golf Quest 2012 Challenge, which was to play the 504 holes of golf in The Villages that were available as of January 2012.  One […]

Was a post I wrote and can be found in the archives, (right hand side menu) – January 2012.  It was great advice and I heeded it many times during the year.  However this past week I forgot all about it and when I finally came to my senses I was too late.   If you […]