Category: Retirement
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Project Linus
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYou remember Linus from the Peanuts cartoon? He’s the kid dragging the blanket wherever he goes. Turns out Linus is the poster boy for a national project I recently found out about. And this worthy project is right up my alley. The mission of Project Linus two-fold. First, to provide love,… Read more
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It’s Time to Indulge!
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe spend most of our lives doing what we should do whether it’s what we want to do or not. In 1998 I had an epiphany when, at a corporate retreat for a company on which I was senior executive staff, a workshop facilitator asked the question…”whose life are you living?” That… Read more
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My Happy Place
Reading Time: 4 minutesYou all know I love the beach. The colors, the sun, the warmth, the water, the sand, the sounds, the possibilities of adventure, I love everything about the beach. But I learned something more about myself this week. A week ago today I went to the plastic surgeon and, after 12 weeks… Read more
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A Blast From the Past
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRandy and I are heading back to Camdenton in a few weeks. While there we’re going to attend a Doobie Brothers concert, featuring Michael McDonald. We can’t wait to experience a blast from the past seeing one of our favorite bands from our formative early adult years. When Randy and I… Read more
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The Luxury of “People” (I Can Only Dream)
Reading Time: 4 minutesNot all that long ago my friend Michele and I were passing the time at the beach by brainstorming what we’d do with all that money if we won the lottery. I’ve written about the peripheral issues of that topic before, linked here and here. On that day, though, we were discussing… Read more
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What a Circus!
Reading Time: 5 minutesI don’t know what it is about retirement. Maybe my mind is not cluttered anymore with all the things I need to think about and retain now that I’m not committed to a paying job for most of my waking hours. Or maybe it’s just that, like the old joke about how… Read more
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Harper, the Baby Seal…Robot
Reading Time: 3 minutesI have a caring, faithful, selfless friend named Carla who is a volunteer for a non-profit hospice program. Carla’s been working with hospice for years, something I don’t think I could ever do. She is an amazing woman whom I’ve been privileged to call friend for close to 45 years now. I… Read more
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It’s True. Dammit!
Reading Time: 5 minutesI have a very sedentary lifestyle. I like it that way. I prefer cerebral rather than physical activities. Always have, always will. I love to read, put together jigsaw puzzles, play cards and board games, and learn things. My activities of choice don’t involve much movement and yes, I am aware it… Read more
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The 4th Quarter (of Your Life)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor my birthday last week a friend gave me a copy of a book called No Regrets and its accompanying workbook, The Fourth Quarter of Your Life. No Regrets is a quick read, a parable of sorts, and Randy and I both read it in a couple of hours. We started… Read more
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Anniversaries and Other Dates
Reading Time: 4 minutesOne of the problems with retirement and aging is that time kind of all runs together. As the years roll by, memories start fraying. I don’t have any problem remembering spectacularly momentous things, but Lordy, I have a problem remembering when things happen. I’m not talking about minor things here. I’m talking… Read more