Bet you didn’t see this subject coming up. How do drones apply to retired life? If you plan on being around for another 10 years, you’re going to see/experience some amazing changes to what goes on in our airspace. Three years ago my son Andrew gave me a toy drone in acknowledgement of my then-new Continue reading
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#46 – A Different Look at Food and Health
Before getting into the real subject…another short-notice fun road trip last week back to Washington DC, at the invitation of my USNA classmate and former coworker Dave to catch a Braves baseball road game. For the one day I was up there, was able to get a run in around Clarendon, take care of a Continue reading
#45 – FIRE
This post likely won’t impact retirees/almost retirees, but it may very well shed light on the future of their children and grand children, so it might be worth one’s time to learn about the FIRE Movement. FIRE stands for Financially Independent, Retire Early. During related conversations you may hear reference to just “FI”. As Millennialists, Continue reading
#44 – Road Trip!
I love a road trip. Just got back Sunday and will be taking off on another short one tomorrow AM. Will get back to retirement subjects on the next post, but then again, road trips are one of my fun retirement adventures. This was a five-day, multi-purpose solo trip up north. For some, these details Continue reading
#43 – Hobbies and Other Time Consumers
First, the promised home picture below. After waiting five months, we finally have our landscaping in place and the our home no longer looks like a construction site. Give us a couple more days for the new sod to green up…. After not having a yard to take care of over the past 4.5 years, Continue reading
#42 – Revisiting Volunteer Options (Followed by Hobbies on the Next Post)
First things first….acknowledging that our new home state of Tennessee is the “Volunteer State”- 1500 volunteers from the Tennessee militia set off to fight against the British during the War of 1812, followed by a similar effort supporting Texas during the Mexican War. And it’s “Go Vols” for the University of Tennessee during college football Continue reading
#41 – Remembering Glen Shipman
Thanks to USNA classmate DB for resending the email about Glen’s passing away last Sunday morning from “numerous health issues and illnesses he had endured over the years”. As Glen’s obituary highlighted, he excelled on the piano and in gymnastics, and I remember him singing during our Plebe Summer marches- he was one of the Continue reading
#40 – More Thoughts on Part Time Work
This updates an earlier post on part time (PT) work from last May, with four months of retired life added to my corporate knowledge. Of course the original plan was for me to continue working full time for the FAA our first year here in TN, but those plans changed about this time last year- Continue reading
#39 – Thoughts on Estate Planning
Before moving into estate planning, an update on our transition into retirement, now in its fourth month. We’re past the halfway point of April and are still dealing with persistently ugly weather- lots of rain with most temperatures in the 30s/40s/50s, really cutting in on golf opportunities, also preventing us from getting our home landscaping Continue reading
#38 – Back to Health
This is an update to post #5 from February 2021. It’s not intended to cover every single health-related issue in retirement, but rather to bring awareness of some common issues, and possibly stir up a little dialogue, or at least shared information. In previous posts I mentioned my perspective in viewing the future as I Continue reading