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…
King & I
Retired & Roaming
King & I
Retired & Roaming
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Aging and Staying Active: Finding the Balance
Are We Slowing Down Because We’re Aging? It’s Thursday evening and King and I are back in the trailer early this evening. Our grandsons had baseball practice, and we opted to head home rather than sit in a drizzle and watch. It…
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…
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…
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.…
Retiree’s Adventures
Hunting for Hornworms It’s Tuesday so that means … well, when you are retired, it means nothing. Today King and I drove to our daughter’s house to look for hornworms. It seems when we were there Saturday (while our daughter was out) to…
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…
Summer Tales and Glass Artistry
Exploring Campground Adventures This Summer We’ve been enjoying our campground adventures here in Michigan, making the most of our time in our trusty travel trailer. It’s another Friday night in the campground. I’ve been watching the people across the road…
Exploring August Adventures: Summer’s Farewell & Travel Plans
Exploring August In the midst of exploring August, as schools across Indiana and Illinois reconvene, the sense of summer’s end permeates the air. Despite the lingering warmth in the upper 80s, there’s an undeniable hint of closure. Our balmy 80-degree…