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
Retirement
#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
#37 – Cash Flow
First, it’s been a good six weeks since anyone’s posted a comment on the blog. There’s been a steady stream of visitors, but no comments, FWIW. Second, I am very much enjoying having control of the daily/weekly schedule. Not trying to rush into any particular routine yet. Doing a lot of reading, working out, going Continue reading
#36 – Anybody Up for a Trip?
So I’m looking out my home office window at five inches of snow we got last night, even though yesterday afternoon temperatures were in the 60s and it was nice enough to play golf. The snow, with a cloudless blue sky background, is beautiful, but it’s time we move onto some good Spring weather. I Continue reading
#34 – Reposting an Article Worth Reading
Almost exactly a year ago my USNA classmate Brian sent me a link to an article on some characteristics related to aging brains. It’s content is worthy of being the subject of my first repost, so the link is provided below: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/help-for-aging-brains/2021/03/05/717ab738-79d6-11eb-85cd-9b7fa90c8873_story.html The article uses plenty of common sense as reference for its content, but Continue reading
#33 – The “Dark Ages”
Eleven days since the last post. I can do better than that in retirement…. It’s been six weeks since we got down here in TN, and even though we live in a neighborhood, the winter nights are really dark. This community embraces a posture of minimal streetlights due to the local wildlife. So short, cold Continue reading
#32 – One Month Into Retirement
One month ago yesterday we were spending our first full day in our new retirement home. It was also the one year anniversary for starting this blog, which I now have more time to work on. The first month of retirement was a bit rough early on. We had everything planned out, but just didn’t Continue reading
#31 – Retired, Moved and Reconnected
Here it is almost the end of January and we are finally relocated and reconnected. Last time I had connectivity was as I finished post number 30, and this will be a very short note. Retired as of January 1, and we were supposed to conduct the move to TN Jan 3-5, but two east Continue reading