In This Life
Finding our way. Following our personal paths. Discovering the wondrous. I write about compelling and inspiring facts and people. I also reflect on some of my own personal experiences.
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An equinox, a birthday, new pages, and a fire (opens the original)
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🎧 A visit with los Americanos (opens the original)
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This podcast occasionally features voiceovers of my written posts for In This Life. This episode is one of them. Link here to read the post. It’s been a while since I recorded a podcast episode. I really enjoy working with audio recordings and intend to do more. Please let me know your thoughts. BTW. Substack subscribers: did you know that you can also click to “like&
Was the writing AI-derived or human-created? (opens the original)
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You’ve likely seen the news or heard about the controversy regarding certain authors being accused of using AI in their writing, despite those authors adamantly claiming that no, they did not. In many or most cases, AI-detection scans prompted the doubts.AI-detection apps are the primary tools used to scan and analyze if writing is 100% human, or if any of it was written or assisted by AI. Among these apps, Pangram is the most widely utilized. Substack recently introduced Pangram on its platform
A visit with los Americanos (opens the original)
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Writing (co-authoring) spy fiction with Jim Lawler (opens the original)
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A fun update to share, for those who don’t know. I am currently co-authoring a spy novel with the one-and-only . It’s both a thrill and a humbling experience.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="226" src="https://sub
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