Darla in the Desert 🌵☕📰

Exploring AI-enhanced writing, health equity, and lifestyle strategy — rooted in Arizona and Missouri, with national relevance through lived experience. Guest voices welcome.   This blog runs on coffee. If you’d like to support our work, you can buy me a cuppa coffee when you click on the coffee mug picture (it opens in new window) It’s no secret that AI and I talk about the daily little things — like replacing a dead TV remote and how something so simple becomes complicated when you’re dealing with arthritic hands, aging eyes, or cognitive load challenges. If you’ve ever watched two older adults fumbling around the living room trying to locate a black remote in a black couch, you already know the comedy and frustration of it. Accessibility isn’t theoretical — it’s lived. I thought you might enjoy how AI reacted to my remote‑hunting saga and helped me navigate the Amazon jungle. (I call it a jungle because I can never find the exact thing I need on the first try.) Here’s the momen...