(random thoughts from a guy who has nothing better to do) I’m so-o-o tired of those treacly reminiscences by people telling me what they would do if they had their lives to live over again. “I’d love more, I’d see more sunsets, I’d send more birthday cards, I’d smile more, yada, yada, yada.” As far …more
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We grow older, but, thankfully, we also grow wiser. The wisdom we gain transfers to all areas of our life, and, for me, it has finally enabled me to take over control of my food choices and my general health. Of course, it is always a journey, but as I now face retirement years, I …more
Here in the retirement home we’re all experienced coffee drinkers. We’ve been drinking coffee since World War II when you couldn’t get coffee at all. Some of us were drinking coffee before the war. We know every coffee story that’s gone around in the past 50 years and we’ve tasted every coffee blend that’s been …more
I recently spoke with friends (a couple that plan to retire in a few years) about what they will do once retired. They surprised me when they said that before they retire they would visit several countries in Central America and Asia to check out possible places to retire. They are a very youthful, active …more
The first memory I have of coming to the Bronx, NYC is the day we drove – we had a car in those days – to the Bronx for my parents to look at apartments. I didn’t really know what was going on. My cousin San – who it turned out lived only about a …more
Well actually semi-retirement, my wife and I moved to the Cusco region here in Peru in August of 2012 to run a bed and breakfast, and prior to making this move we were living in Las Vegas. I was working for a large gaming company as the Chief Engineer for one of their properties, and …more
Toward the end of October, as Martin and I sat in the kitchen waiting for dinner to finish baking in the oven, we sipped a glass of wine and talked about our latest projects. Suddenly, I realized the day before was our one year retirement anniversary. A year!?! Gone already! And, we didn’t even celebrate …more
In a casual conversation with a friend recently I happened to use the word, pedantic. Almost immediately, my friend remarked, “Whoo, whoo, whoo. Listen to the big words.” (I guess it was meant to be some sort of a not-so-subtle put-down.) I replied, “Are you accusing me of being a sesquipedalian?” * Hell, I know …more
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