Winter in California: A Snowbird’s Quiet Season
It’s been a while, hasn’t it? I have some pretty good excuses, but I’ll leave it at that and let everyone figure out what they might be. Suffice it to say an excuse is not a reason and at this…
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Living an Additive-Free Lifestyle in Retirement
It’s 4 a.m. and I’m not sleeping. I was lying in bed thinking about what I was going to write and decided there really was no need to wait until the sun came up to begin. If I get tired…
Lake Jennings Campground Rules: Vintage Trailer Challenges
Navigating Lake Jennings Campground Rules It’s the third day of the new year as I write this. I’m not certain it has any significance other than three days ago it was the first day of January 2025. I have to wonder when, in the…
Finding Holiday Contentment: Reflections on the End of 2024
This is my last missive for 2024. My how time flies. Why the Holiday Season Feels Like a Blur For me, the holiday season is over. Some contend the season ends with the New Year, but I don’t do New Year’s Eve…
Too Tired to Work: Reflections on Aging and Burnout
I think I’m pretty tired. A Decade Ago: Life as a Nightshift Paginator I realized this when I looked at some old Facebook posts and realized just 10 short years ago, I was working as a newspaper page layout/copy editor…
The Changing World of Horse Shows: A Personal Reflection
Today was one of those days when our daughter definitely needed a few extra hands. One child had jiu jitsu classes and the other had riding lessons – at the overlapping times. Normally their other grandmother is available to help…
Retirement Reflections: Fridays in California
Retirement Reflections: Fridays in California As I’m writing this, it is Friday night. Ahhhhh, Friday. Before retirement, it meant a whole lot of different things than it does now. Fridays During Our Working Days Back in the days of employment, it…
Last Day in Michigan: Summer Recap and Our Travel Prep for 2024
Family Time and Farewell in Michigan Sunday was our last day in Michigan for 2024. It’s been an unusual summer. King had a health scare in June, and the boys and our daughter gathered to show him (and me) their moral…
Adjusting to Technology in Retirement
Life in the Not-So-Fast Lane Navigating Updates in Technology as We Age I guess I’m getting to be “that age. “Today I opened my laptop and accessed my mailbox. Yahoo mail has been updated. I didn’t like it. Not. One.…
Retirement Adventures: Laptop Mishaps, Family Gatherings, and More
Retirement Adventures Yesterday, our son, the one who designed and maintains our website, surprised me with a new (to me) laptop. It’s been a few years since I had to configure a new computer (to me, all computers, whether they…