I Wish I Could Say…
I wish I could say the above image is my life now, but I would be lying if I did that. Continue reading I Wish I Could Say…
Category: *Having My Say
On Just About Everything
Proof Of Wisdom – Not Always
Some people have the false assumption that age always equals wisdom. Yes, some old people like me are wise because we worked hard all our lives to gain that wisdom. Continue reading Proof Of Wisdom – Not Always
Feelings…
Here I am on a Sunday morning without much on my agenda. I wonder what I will do? Continue reading Feelings…
The Advantages of Not Belonging
For this post I want to talk about some of the advantages of life on the margins when it comes to having no affinity to joining groups, particularly the herd or mainstream. Continue reading The Advantages of Not Belonging
Be Accountable For Your Boredom?
One of my lifelong problems is that I get bored too easily. Many times that happens soon after I have completed a focused mode project. I then say “What’s Next” and just can’t seem to figure that out. Continue reading Be Accountable For Your Boredom?
Immanuel Kant ?
If you have been around RJsCorner much, you know that I am in a philosophical mode these past few years. Part of that has to do with my 2026 “Words Of Wisdom (WOW) project, but a bigger part has to do with learning how to think. That is what philosophy is all about. Continue reading Immanuel Kant ?
Regular Visits To Bluish Haze
I’m feeling amazingly calm today so I thought I would give you a quick snapshot of where I have been spending considerable time lately. Continue reading Regular Visits To Bluish Haze
Empathy – My Fundamental Purpose In Life
This post is about my Fundamental Purpose that I basically learned some 70+ years ago and has stayed with me since then. Continue reading Empathy – My Fundamental Purpose In Life
What Is Your Life Purpose? …
I have finally come to realize that there is a Fundamental Purpose that remains with us throughout our life. But there are also Life Purposes that come and go throughout our time on this earth. Continue reading What Is Your Life Purpose? …
Nietzsche & The Herd Mentality
Friedrich Nietzsche was a unique philosopher of his time. He certainly came up with some controversial ideas. But some of them were simply genius. Continue reading Nietzsche & The Herd Mentality
RetCom Relocation?
I’m kinda considering moving to another RetCom, so I am now looking at the possibilities. Do I limit myself to a CCRC or maybe consider the other end of the spectrum and look into a 55+ facility with no medical … Continue reading RetCom Relocation?
What not to spend money on.
I have always been very frugal with money, at least after I managed to get some of it. During my college years I had almost none of it left after tuition and room & board. So, spending money didn’t really … Continue reading What not to spend money on.
An Anatomy Lesson From An 80 Year-Old
The post today is going to be about chairs. I know the title says something different, but I promise the link between chairs and anatomy will become clear pretty quickly. Continue reading An Anatomy Lesson From An 80 Year-Old
Goodbye to my µRV
Three years ago today I said goodbye to my beloved µRV. This is the last picture I would take of it as it was leaving the parking lot. Continue reading Goodbye to my µRV
Celebrating My Artsy Side
I have been struggling for what I want to do with my artsy side throughout 2026. It just seems that I can’t settle on a new path forward. Maybe I am trying too hard and should just take it off the burner. Continue reading Celebrating My Artsy Side
A Final Piece Of My Discovery Of Self
I recently read an article that likely explains a final piece of the puzzle as to why I am the person I am. That is because of a lifetime lack of support. Continue reading A Final Piece Of My Discovery Of Self
My “Eternal Self” – Round 2
This is going to be a very convoluted story so hang on to something. I realize that I put out a post in my RetCom Life series about this same subject, but I want to fill out those thought a little more here this time around. Continue reading My “Eternal Self” – Round 2
About Philosophy and Reasoning
Philosophy and Reasoning have been high on my list for further study for a couple of years now. Before that it lingered in the back of my mind, but rarely came to the surface. I think these two items are near the top of my list now because of several factors. Continue reading About Philosophy and Reasoning
Swirling Clouds In Blueish Haze…
Next month I will have been in my RetCom (retirement community) for five years. It is such a dramatic difference from my homestead of 21 years that I left behind when I came here. The homestead was a 2.5 acre … Continue reading Swirling Clouds In Blueish Haze…
Not Everyone Is Smart
The words above have been my mantra of life for decades. Everyday I think about those three things, and make sure I am living up to them. I have lived with those words so long that I sometimes kinda naively think that most others do too. But, sometimes I get a figurative punch in the face to tell me otherwise. With this post I will try to explain that. Continue reading Not Everyone Is Smart
Old Age And Your End Times
My 80th birthday is coming soon. It is one that even in my wildest dream I never imagined would happen. When I was in my teens I thought I would die before I turned 40. Continue reading Old Age And Your End Times
Learn To Enjoy Solitude
I am in an endless search of my inner self. A requirement to get there is personal solitude, that is, being alone. I didn’t understand how necessary that was for me until quite late in life. Continue reading Learn To Enjoy Solitude
If You Feel Artsy
Click HERE (or on the picture above) to browse my artsy collection. Continue reading If You Feel Artsy
I Just Don’t Understand?
I don’t understand why we in the U.S. spend so much of our taxpayer’s money defending the European Union and other developed nations? Continue reading I Just Don’t Understand?
Vegetating In One Little Corner of Earth
I might have become a member of the MAGA cult if I had remained in the small rural Indiana town where I grew up the rest of my life. I would never have known just how big the world was. Continue reading Vegetating In One Little Corner of Earth
Will It Ever Be?
Will wrote the words above about one-hundred years ago, and it couldn’t be more true than it is today. Will humanity ever be ready for truth or harmony? Continue reading Will It Ever Be?
Memorial Day Remembrance
For most people, Memorial Day is primarily a time to celebrate the unofficial beginning of summer. But for me, it is a time to mourn for those who have died in our needless wars of my lifetime, particularly the 58,220 young men from my generation who were killed in Vietnam Continue reading Memorial Day Remembrance
I Have No Desire…
I love discovering people who have put themselves out there in order to further a long much delayed cause. Simone de Beauvoir is certainly one of them. Continue reading I Have No Desire…
On The Present Moment
My anxiety level has just been too high lately, and I am trying to do something about it. In my studies of religions I have not put much effort into Buddhism but I know it started somewhere around 600 years before its Muslim and Christian counterparts. When I came across the quote above I realized it might help in this area. Continue reading On The Present Moment
Simplicity Is Not Simple At All
Recently I have done quite a heavy search trying to discover the essence of simplicity. After all that time I have come to the conclusion that there is no secret way to simplicity. It is up to you to decide your personal path forward. Continue reading Simplicity Is Not Simple At All
Owning Yourself…
Are you still living a version of your life that was assembled by others, or have you designed the life YOU want to live? Continue reading Owning Yourself…
Stages of Life…
I’ve been searching for the correct words to describe the stages of life for a very long time. I think I now have them, Continue reading Stages of Life…
Get Rid Of Both Parties
Will made the above quote almost a hundred years ago, but I kinda think it’s more appropriate today than it was back then. Continue reading Get Rid Of Both Parties
Especially Now…
There Is No “Straight & Narrow”
Life is simply NOT a straight and narrow path. As Thoreau said here it is jagged patchwork of all emotions. That is what makes life so interesting for those of us who look over the sides of the boxes people try to put us in. Continue reading There Is No “Straight & Narrow”
What Keeps This 80-Year-Old Guy Cognitively Sharp
I have learned a lot about myself since I entered my second LOMO (Life On My Own) mode five years ago. This second time started with my wife’s death 1,750 days ago. Continue reading What Keeps This 80-Year-Old Guy Cognitively Sharp
When Reality Hits You In The Face
Sometimes it takes an almost panic mode to get you to change what your life focus is about. When your life is chaotic, that is certainly one of those times. Continue reading When Reality Hits You In The Face
Stoplights Revisited
During my travels across America, I have taken many pictures with stoplight in them. They are becoming a sub-topic of the “My Minds Eye” library. This one was from Cleveland in 2013. Continue reading Stoplights Revisited
Yes I Use AI… And Here’s Why
Before you go off on me about using AI, I want to briefly change the subject and tell you a story about why I sometimes use this new tool that the corporations are spending big bucks on. Continue reading Yes I Use AI… And Here’s Why
The Sound of a Flute
During my almost 60 years of traveling across America, some of my favorite places to visit were reenactments. The picture here was from one of those times. For years after I went deaf I could still remember the sounds a flute made. Continue reading The Sound of a Flute
Think for yourself – Revisited
I have written about my three foundations of my life more times than I remember here on RJsCorner. But it always seems that as I age they bring yet another unique viewpoint to my life. Continue reading Think for yourself – Revisited
A Perfect Life??
Too many people are constantly on the search for the “Perfect Life”. They seem to think that “if I just get [this] or [that] everything will be perfect”. Of course, I kinda see it differently. Continue reading A Perfect Life??
I Have Done My Share
A biography of Einstein was the first “big boy” book I read. I was nine-years-old at the time but the story of Einstein clung to me in the decades since. In fact, at such an early age I was convinced … Continue reading I Have Done My Share
Curiosity killed the cat, but maybe made a genius
Curiosity, for Einstein, was a method. He would sit with a question for a very long time. His thought experiments were intense Continue reading Curiosity killed the cat, but maybe made a genius
Center of the Universe
I came across this sign in Wallace Idaho on June 6, 2009. I’m pretty sure it was made in jest. Wallace is a pretty place but the center of the universe?
But then again the Christian Church in 1633 put Galileo on trial for heresy… Continue reading Center of the Universe
