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Continue reading →: At the Crossroads
Her eyes adjusted to the brightness of her new world. She stood in a field of sunflowers taller than she was, arranged in neat rows like sentinels. A narrow dirt path ran between them. Her feet were bare, and the dirt between her toes felt warm and soft. The subtle,…
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Continue reading →: Leaving Home
The bravest thing I have ever done is leaving home with just 15 dollars in my pocket, my guitar, and my clothes in an overnight bag. That night I broke the chains of guilt that were tying me to my mother and sister. Like so many ACOA (Adult Children of…
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Continue reading →: Night Owls
After a full night of prompting, creating reference images, storyboarding, creating video clips, editing those clips, and trying to learn how to use Premiere Pro, I am spent, and so is AI ChatGPT, who helped me through it. Taz is still going strong as the director boss she is. “Take…
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Continue reading →: You Don’t do That
My Aunt Mary, who raised me very formally, would flip if she saw me now, eating dinner on the couch in front of the TV. Two big “You don’t do that.” The TV was never on when dinner was served. You sat at the properly set table, used the proper…
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Continue reading →: The Illustrated Man 8
#10 Gabe sat in deep thought at the cafe, staring out the window at the night. It was still raining and dreary, heavy with lost memories and thoughts. Gabe’s deepest struggle is identity: he isn’t merely trying to remember what happened; he is terrified that discovering who he was will…
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Continue reading →: Behind the Creation
I decided to take an online course on AI filmmaking. Become a Content Creator. Today’s lesson was about cloning yourself and creating different settings. I began with a contact sheet of headshots in different poses. It was 4 AM, and I was still bleary-eyed, mind you, when I took these.…
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Continue reading →: My 5 Favorite Apps on My Phone
Kindle, Facebook, Google Maps, Yahoo Mail, and LinkedIn. I have a Kindle app because I like to read when I am waiting somewhere. I sometimes check Facebook if I am bored. I use Google Maps because I am always lost. I have no sense of direction. Yahoo Mail is my…
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Continue reading →: Treasures Found: Nostalgic Days on 175th Street
I found lasting memories on my street, 175th Street in Washington Heights, New York. On late-autumn afternoons, I would sit on the stoop with my friends, listening to the boys on the corner sing in harmony and taking in the crisp air, fallen leaves, and the scent of earth. Inside,…
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Continue reading →: How I Became a Writer and AI Filmmaker at 70.
One morning, I sat with my cup of coffee, watching Faraway Village videos on YouTube, when a spark hit this old brain of mine. “Why just look at these videos when I could be creating something?” I had been seeing some of the fantastic stuff AI was creating, and the…
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Continue reading →: A New Chapter
At 70, I am not slowing down creatively—I am beginning a new chapter. I’m learning AI filmmaking, writing mysteries, and designing puzzle and coloring books. Retirement, I’m discovering, can be a wonderful time for reinvention. Some days I feel confident. Other days I press the wrong button and have to…
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