By almost all counts, I have been happy living in my retirement community home for the last three months. It has the things that make my life easier. The staff here is extraordinary. I love my cozy apartment, it fits … Continue reading RetComLife # 13 – It’s Not About Where
Overthinking is kind of like Dickens’s Tale of Two Cities. It is the best of things, it is the worst of things. But what is the difference between thinking about something and overthinking? I pride myself on the words that … Continue reading Overthinking…
The title to this post is a biblical proverb that means that people should take care of their own defects and not just correct the faults of others. I do agree with that, but I also see it as working … Continue reading About Emotions #3 – Heal Thy Self
I am a fan of “Anne of Green Gables” in almost all of its forms. It is the story of a spunky orphan who grew up on Prince Edward Island in eastern Canada. That type of story is kind of … Continue reading Finding My “Kindred Spirit”…
The idea for this post came from Anna over at Medium.com which is one of my favorite sites. The article was entitled: Stop using Asperger’s as an excuse to be a jerk When I read this article, the first person … Continue reading Stop Being a Jerk!!
Just got back from a four-day road trip to Cleveland/Dayton/Cincinnati areas. One of the most memorable places was the American Sign Museum in Cincinnati. Here are a few pictures to entice you to visit. All that neon in one place … Continue reading All That Neon…
I am starting to lose interest in what was once my major hobby. I kind of pride myself in taking well composed photographs of many of the historic sites I have visited. Sometimes I have taken ten minutes to figure … Continue reading Fake Photos & Edward G Robinson…
While this question is maybe not be directly associated with my RetComLife, it is central to where and how I live the remainder of my life. So, I think it deserves your attention in this category. Given my recent experiences, … Continue reading RetComLife # 12 – What Do I Want To do With The Rest Of My Life?
I have always been enthralled about the Michelangelo’s painting on the ceiling chapel of God touching man. If God is the omnipotent being with all the wisdom of the universe, then just to touch his finger would probably make me … Continue reading The Secret Of Life…
Before I get into the psychological aspects of this new series, I want to help you, and myself, to understand the depth of my troubles with emotions. That is what this post is about: I have been having some pretty … Continue reading Emotions # 2 – I Think I Might Be Pregnant??
Just a quick note for today I know, I need another category of posts here at RJsCorner like a need a hole in my head! 🤓 But, that is just what I am going to do with his post. I … Continue reading Words Of Wisdom
Over the years, meaning the last two decades, I have developed a certain writing process that has proven to bring out my creativity and illustrate my love of words. But, now as a widowed retirement community resident, that process has … Continue reading Being More Creative & Productive?
This post is introducing yet another special series entitled “Do Something“. As the title and logo implies, it is about getting off your butt and doing something about making your life fuller and more fruitful. It is simply useless to … Continue reading Do Something # 1 – Learn Something New
I had an epiphany of sorts the other day. Since I am now in a retirement community, I am around older people every day. A big majority of them either use walkers or canes to get around. There are over … Continue reading RetComLife #11 – The Wheels of Life
This is going to be one of my “fun”/ off-the-wall posts, so hang in there. Because tattoos are forever, and I don’t even know where I will be physically, mentally, or spiritually even a week from now, I just can’t … Continue reading I Don’t Do Tattoos…
Last week, when I finished up the series End Of Life Trauma, I told you that I would take a few weeks off before I settled on the next “Wednesday series”. I visited the last post of that series dozens … Continue reading About Emotions #1 – These Strange Feelings
Now, don’t get me wrong here, I am not comparing myself artistically to Beethoven, that would be extremely presumptuous of me 😉. But we do have something in common. That is our deafness, how it happened and how we reacted … Continue reading Me & Beethoven…
I, and I imagine many of you, are tired of the fake-news and dishonesty that invades almost everything now days. We seek out those things, and people, we think we can trust. For me, that seeking out especially include politics, … Continue reading Longing For Honesty…
The quote above is kinda good advice for life in general, but right now, I am applying it to memories of my recently departed wife. We were almost opposites in many ways, so there are memories of times we disagreed, … Continue reading It’s Time To Cherish The Good & Throw Away The Bad…
I can’t leave you with the idea that my RetComLife (retirement community life) is all positive for me. One of the areas that disappoints me is the dining room, including the menus and food preparation. That is what this post … Continue reading RetComLife #10 – Dining 🙁…
Will we ever see an end to this pandemic? It seems like one yellow light after another, with no end in sight. That is the most depressing place to be. That is what this post is all about. “There are … Continue reading Only Yellow Lights…
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