We two have been motivated to hike and climb mountains through our 45 years of marriage and separately even before that. Now 75 & 78 and with many mountains and trails under our boots and with another exciting mountain conquered, the inspiration just under our skin continues to motivate us. Here is a story of …more
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What on earth inspires two seniors to go climb a mountain?
July 2, 2021 | Category: Hobbies/Sports, Life, Travel | Add Comment
Author: Dee Tezelli and Steve Danishek posts: 5 Author's
Author: Dee Tezelli and Steve Danishek posts: 5 Author's
I recently learned there is such a thing as “Anti-Skills”; you know personality traits you should really leave behind. Simply stated this refers to what you should NOT do is just as important as what you should do. From what I understand bad personality traits have run rampant since Covid. Just another side effect of …more
I hate to say it but yes, I hate wearing a mask. Wearing glasses steams them up causing me to look at things in a distorted manner as my eyes water. I have begun feeling my way through the grocery store identifying products by shapes and colors because I can’t make out what they are. …more
Australian Road Trip (Part 1)
August 23, 2020 | Category: Retirement locations, Travel | Add Comment
Author: Gwen Wilson posts: 1 Author's
Author: Gwen Wilson posts: 1 Author's
Never foreseeing just how serious the world-wide pandemic would become, we set off on what was intended to be a three-week road trip in early March of this year. My journal started with a light-hearted entry, “Australians have coped with extended drought, water restrictions, unprecedented bush fires, flooding rains, and the threat of cyclones, but …more
There has been so much conversation, especially in foreign countries, about the value of the life of a person over 65. What is lacking within us that we can so casually discuss the disposability of the elderly? It is so incredibly sad that there are people out there who think that being older would dictate …more
Six things I wish I’d known about death (before my father died)
July 7, 2020 | Category: Health, Life, Relationships | Add Comment
Author: Julia Whitmore posts: 4 Author's
Author: Julia Whitmore posts: 4 Author's
When our daughter was about five, she told me she really didn’t want to die, and in fact, didn’t think she actually would. Death was probably going to skip her. Sad to say, she kind of spoke for a lot of us. Although it’s one of the few things we have no choice about, we …more
Seven Reasons Why I Love Portugal—and Why You Will, Too
March 21, 2020 | Category: Retirement locations, Travel | 7 Comments
Author: Tricia Pimental posts: 1 Author's
Author: Tricia Pimental posts: 1 Author's
Ever wonder what it would be like to make Europe your home? After having lived all around the United States and traveling much of the world, my husband and I moved to Portugal more than seven years ago. Here’s why we stay. Lifestyle Born in Brooklyn and living almost 30 years in Los Angeles, I’m …more
When we were working and even into our early retirement years, it seemed as though our brains had endless number of thoughts – and when given a question or a task – the answer or solution seemed to just pop into our head allowing us to address the issues and move on to the next …more
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