As soon as my µRV gets out of the shop from fixing my cruise control I am going to take it for an overnight shakedown trip just to make sure everything is just right. The destination is The Kentucky Artisan … Continue reading Kentucky Artisan Center
Here I am sitting at my keyboard again, when I should be having dinner. Let me explain a little more. Some of you know that I have Aspie traits that make social situations uncomfortable. For that reason, I usually go … Continue reading RetComLife#33 – I Am Tired Of …
Most who come here regularly know that I am about to embark on a road trip that has been on my agenda for 60 years. I have taken many road trips in my life, but this will be the longest … Continue reading Why A Roadtrip??
Fitting in is a cultural expectation. From birth, we are told that this is the way you get along with others. It starts with your parents telling you how to behave, and, if you let it, it continues throughout your … Continue reading Fitting In…
I read an article in the New York Times last week with the title above. I have let it be known here on RJsCorner that I don’t think they really thought out putting Asperger’s Syndrome into the Autism Spectrum. To … Continue reading How Long Should It Take To Grieve?
For this Sunday, I give you fire and brimstone. I don’t know what brimstone is, but I probably deserve a lot of it. I have made it clear here on RJsCorner that I am no longer religious, but I am … Continue reading Fire And Brimstone…
Yesterday, I talked about the John Steinbeck book Travels with Charlie – In Search Of America and how it has affected me for all my travel life. I have always dreamed of making a similar trip and that is about … Continue reading 60 Years In The Making…
My retirement community consumes hundreds of pounds of paper daily. Each of the 400 or so residents gets a dozen or so pages a day of notices/menus/activities/etc. related to our community life. I think maybe I hit a sore spot … Continue reading RetComLife #32 – Joining the 21st Century
This post will be about the benefits of traveling. I am now knee-deep in the process of preparing for my first farewell tour, which will be into the South, and Southwest of our great country. When I am starting such … Continue reading About Traveling…
Most of my photo portfolio now resides on Amazon Photos. Every morning they email me pictures I have taken on that day in years past. This one was taken on March 25, 2013 looking out my patio door! Don’t get … Continue reading Don’t Get Too Anxious
Some people go through life with little or no changes. They live in the house they inherited from their parents. They have never been away from the area they grew up. Change just doesn’t happen to them, UNTIL IT DOES… … Continue reading Adjusting To Unexpected Changes…
I was barely a teenager when I discovered several of my fundamental lifelong heroes. They were people who spoke to me at a very deep level. Their words moved me. I’m sure my early infatuation with them drove me to … Continue reading My Heroes In Life Say Something About Who I Am
The phrase above was first published in 1602 as the first line of an anonymous poem in Francis Davison’s anthology Poetical Rhapsody. I don’t remember the first time I heard that phrase, but I have come to realize that, at least … Continue reading Absence Makes The Mind Grow Fonder…
I have to warn you up front that his post is kinda surreal, so hang on. If the title above doesn’t show you that this post is bizarre then let me tell you it is a fictional town full of … Continue reading I Have Adopted A Town
My father was one of those people who just didn’t want to think about death. He would almost leave the room whenever that topic came up. He was two years older than I am now when his end came. He … Continue reading Walking Through The Valley Of Death…
For some reason, history is on my mind, so let’s start off where we finished yesterday. Let’s face it, our founding fathers do not live up to current standards in many of today’s regards. Most were slaveholders who had little … Continue reading Using Perspective When Reviewing History
I am a history nut. I have read many more books on the subject than even I can remember. My main interest is U.S. history, but other countries have also been in my purview. From experience, I have learned that … Continue reading Rewriting History…
I want to tell you a little story about my retirement community home. Due to Omicron, they shut down the “sit and wait” dining room service in February and replaced it with a cafeteria type carry-out service. That proved to … Continue reading RetComLife #30 – The Lucy Moment…
I thought I had resolved to thinking of my Aspie traits as just being part of the autism spectrum. With that resolution, I was ready to move forward and start advocating for autism in general. But, I was wrong. I … Continue reading Having Aspie Traits Is Not A Handicap Or A Disorder
When I left my very forested homestead last year, I thought I was giving up the pleasure of seeing my feathered friends. Well, not quite. I have a couple of trees outside my second-floor patio doors. This picture was taken … Continue reading Another Sign Of Spring
I am approaching the end years of my life, and as a result, I am yet again contemplating “why I am here?”. I have always been concerned that maybe all I am doing is sucking air. I know I have … Continue reading Looking For The Greater Meaning… Perhaps There Is None
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