The leaves are pretty much done falling now on this last day of November- I’ve blown them off or raked them thrice already with one more effort to go. Until two days ago we had vacant lots on both sides of the house to dispose of leaves, etc., but we’re now down to one vacant Continue reading
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#89 – Untitled
One thing I learned these first few years of retirement (notwithstanding the occasional return to full-time work) is that changes have occurred in the things that bring me joy. OK, that may sound obvious, but these changes can come as a surprise- even if you had thought through what was going to fill your days Continue reading
#85 – Happiness According to ChatGPT
OK, here’s an experiment. The below was not written by me, but rather by the Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform known as ChatGPT. The sole purpose of this post is to introduce you to one minor experiment about what this platform can do. I asked it to draft me a 300-400 word paper on Happiness- it Continue reading
#84 – Mr. Holland’s Opus
Following a ten day trip and a couple of weeks’ writing non-stop on a work project, I find myself at the end of January without a post since New Year’s Day. Better take a long look at my priorities…. This week we discovered that we had access to Disney+ streaming services as part of our Continue reading
#81 – A Great Fall Trip
A couple of weeks ago Beth and I headed up north on a 10 day trip up to the DC area which we knew would be enjoyable, but ended up being a whole lot better than expected. I’d like to say this is one of those typical retirement life trips, but it included a full Continue reading
#76 – Visitors and Travel
Later today we’ll be headed for the Nashville Airport to pick up our daughter and granddaughter for the weekend- their first visit to our TN home. The excitement level around here’s pretty high right now. Then Monday evening brother Doug shows up for a day with his new golf clubs to test out our mountain Continue reading
#70 – Update on Our Retired Living
Three weeks since the last post, my apologies! It’s been a while since I took a look back at the specifics of what retired life has been like for us, so here goes from the past couple of months:
#58 – Helpful Conversations
Hope everyone had an enjoyable 2022 Thanksgiving weekend. We had a wonderful week with Andrew being home (along with a visit by Tayler, one of his cousins), and the week before, I got to visit a couple of USNA classmates. More to follow on each of those events. As mentioned on the home page, and Continue reading
#57 – Catching Up on Retirement Year #1 (dated Nov 2022)
(OK, it’s been about 3 months since the last comment. Guess I should beg for at least one…) This is just a snap shot of the notable retirement trends in the last few months of Retirement Year #1- since Post #48 dated July 11- life events and considerations for where being retired changes how one Continue reading
#50 – A Full Week
Well here it is, post #50! If you were expecting a special subject or a major announcement, am afraid I’m going to disappoint you, my apologies. If I get to 100 posts, I’ll plan ahead better and perhaps come up with something worth celebrating. Maybe I’ll have five regular readers by then! Last weekend I Continue reading