Month: April 2022
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We Live Here!
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy brother-in-law took this picture flying home from Chicago. It’s the development we live in here in Florida….Rotonda. One of a kind in the country. Our standard (adult beverage) toast since we moved has been “We Live Here!” So here’s to us, and this great community. Read more
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Time, Again
Reading Time: 4 minutesSince I’ve thought so much about time lately, and I seem to have so much of it that I don’t feel too guilty wasting it, I’m going to stick with that subject a while longer. Time seems to speed up as we get older, doesn’t it? Of course time, clock time that… Read more
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A Tuba. On the Beach.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA beautiful Saturday afternoon on Ft Meyers beach. Walking out onto the pier, I thought I heard a tuba. My sister thought I was crazy. She saw it before I did. I’d like to know…what was this guy thinking? UPDATE: Thanks to my cousin Allan, here’s a YouTube video about the… Read more
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Spending Time
Reading Time: 4 minutesLast week I wrote about the idea that there is no time, yet here I am posting about spending it. Let’s clarify a couple of things before I sound like a contradictory kook. Last week’s post, where I talked about a book claiming there is no time, was about existing in the… Read more
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Dressing Up in Florida
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy sister, Lisa, and I spent Saturday going to FleaMasters and then had lunch on Ft Meyers beach. I wore tennies to walk around the flea market, but wanted to “dress up” a little for lunch. In Florida, all I needed for that transformation was to change tennies to flip flops. Read more
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There IS a Secret to Happiness
Reading Time: 4 minutesI am a voracious and exceedingly varied reader. Some of the things I read are pretty heavy, and I can only comprehend what I’m reading in small doses. One book I recently finished, The Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle, was one of THOSE books. The book is subtitled, A Guide to… Read more
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An End….and a Beginning
Reading Time: 3 minutesToday is my 68th birthday. Thank you, in advance, for all the birthday (and belated birthday) wishes that statement will generate. But birthday wishes are not my purpose here. What I really want to do is tell the story of why I’m starting this blog. The day of a birthday marks the… Read more
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Ya Gotta Have a Purpose
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs much as I’d love to be able to lay on the beach every day, that’s not practical when designing life after retirement. I’ve always wanted to write. Not fiction. I’m not very good at making up stories. But it seems I have a bit of talent for telling real stories, in… Read more
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5 Songs That Make Me REALLY Happy
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSmile all day. And pray for tune nag. Not necessarily in any order. Suite Judy Blue Eyes – Crosby Stills Nash Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison Dancing Queen – Abba Firebird Fly – Little Big Town (I’d previously said Pontiac by Little Big Town but I got my car songs… Read more
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Back to Fiction: What I’m Reading This Summer
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBeach Reads, Of Course Jimmy Buffet. I didn’t know he even wrote books. But hey, he’s rich and can do whatever he wants because he’s the guy behind all the Margaritaville commercialism. I suspect that Jimmy Buffet has lots of “people” who run his commercial enterprises, which probably leaves him with… Read more