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Most unforgettable…

I haven’t actually read a Reader’s Digest for quite some time now, probably in years, but when I had a subscription,  it was a good day each month when it arrived. One of the first articles I would immediately search for and read was “Most Unforgettable Person I’ve Known”.   Over the years I have met many […]

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Getting ready…

For the window washer. Why is it we clean before the cleaners come, we vacuum good before the carpets get cleaned, and we make sure the tracks and the windowsills are cleaned for the window washer. Sometimes the amount of work we put into getting ready is the tough part, we might as well go […]

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All grown up…

I don’t know where it came from, but the other day at Water Aerobics, someone exercising behind me was explaining the moves to a newcomer. Someone next to me asked what’s that noise, as it sounded more like an echo rather then someone actually speaking. It just came out…it’s coming from the peanut gallery. I surprised […]

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Small world…

Every once in awhile some one will tell you a very amazing story about connecting with long lost friends, or relatives in The Villages. One such story was a friend of ours went to play cards one night at one of the Recreation Centers. He sat down and introductions were made and then the inevitable […]

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Real Estate recession?…

Many years ago I was at a Seminar for Realtors and the guest speaker was Alan Dalton. In my opinion, he was a Marketing guru and any time I had the opportunity to hear him speak, I would arrive early to get a front row seat. I never wanted to miss a word, and sometimes […]

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Evening with the Developer…

Last night,  when our Developer  Mark Morse got up in front of a packed house at the Savannah Center, he did not come to dazzle us with song and dance, rather he did something much better, he wowed us with new statistics regarding our community and what it means to many.  In his annual address […]

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315 Holes of Golf….

Have received the Audubon International’s Silver Certified Sanctuary Designation in The Villages. I ran across this statement recently and thought it would be interesting to find out what exactly that meant. When looking into it I found that roughly 12 years ago The Villages endorsed the Audubon International’s Silver Certified Sanctuary designation and since that […]

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Be happy and The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel…

I’m happy, my computer is up and running again.  That wasn’t too bad…took it to MMD Computers one day and got it back the next.  When the technician called regarding the problems, he enthusiastically told me  my hard drive was good.  By the tone of his voice, I figured I was really lucky and breathed a sigh of relief, not sure […]

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Stay tuned…

I’m sorry that I am unable to write my blog, as the computer needs a little help. It is so frustrating that we can’t figure things out and hoping that the problems will be easy to correct. I should get it back in a few days so stay tuned, nothing happened to me just the […]

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Try it…

As I had mentioned earlier, yesterday was the Lifelong Learning College’s Open House.  The benefit of attending this event  is to get the Fall Catalog before it is circulated with the Daily Sun on Monday, and also to get to meet many of the teachers and facilitators of the different classes offered.  You also are able […]

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