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
There are too many in this world today who are fixated on being “right”. They grab onto one thought and cling to it as if they would die without it. Of course, that goes very much against my mantra Question … Continue reading QUESTION EVERYTHING, Including Yourself
I have decided that starting today, I am pausing my scheduled weekly posts and just writing about what I am feeling each day. That is, I will be treating RJsCorner as what its title says as a daily journal of … Continue reading Taking A Different Path…
RJ's Corner - Having My Say 