To officially start out this new project of the Philosophy of Life I need to set a few things straight. I have no intention of giving you a dissertation on philosophy. You will not learn the many branches of philosophy, … Continue reading Philosophy of Life#6 – Getting Started With Socrates
I used to have a round To-it, but I seem to have misplaced it. But, I do have a crystal ball, as shown above. It is part of my collection of glass orbs. I am simply fascinated by the art … Continue reading EPS#5 – A Round To_it & A Crystal Ball.
I have been busy lately with my trip planning and other such things and just haven’t had time to do a sketching lesson! Shame on me! I promise to get one done next week. So, how about just an artsy … Continue reading Artsy Saturday – Just A Pic??
I simply don’t know what the world will look like, even in five years time. Given the “pitchfork” mentality that has struck so many of us in the U.S., I kinda wonder if something that happened starting about 200 years … Continue reading Reverse Migration…
I don’t know specifically why Mystic Connecticut got on my life’s bucket list, but I think it has something to do with the 1988 movie Mystic Pizza. I was in my second year of marriage to my lovely bride, and … Continue reading On-The-Road: Fall of 2022- Mystic CT
Henry Ford’s assembly lines certainly accelerated the age of automation and expanded the middle class to a level unheard of before its invention. That was a good and a bad thing at the same time. It increased the number of … Continue reading Blame It All On Henry Ford
I don’t think there is a chef alive that doesn’t welcome a new recipe. In that vein, I want to share some of my personal favorites with our RetCom chef. I will be doing that over time. I don’t want … Continue reading RetComLife: Greekish Salad
Before I get started here, I guess I should say a little about the title of this post. It comes from a song in a 1966 movie and is about the most basic questions in life. It was sung by … Continue reading Philosophy of Life#5 – What’s It All About, Alfie…
This might seem like a strange picture to base a story on, but it has a lot of memories for me. A couple of weeks before our 32nd wedding anniversary in 2018, my wife proclaimed that she wanted to go … Continue reading EPS#4 – Going To See Punxsy
Let’s set up a common format for these sketching posts here on Artsy Saturday-Sketching. Just giving you the lessons I covered during the week would be, well, BORING. So, I want to spice it up a bit with some artful … Continue reading Artsy Saturday – Baby Steps
The title is the most fundamental part of life for all of us. But, what we do with that middle part is mostly up to us. My sagely wisdom after 75 years of life is to appreciate everything that comes … Continue reading You’re Born, You Live, And Then You Die
My retirement community apartment is just across from the assisted living wing. When I open my curtains every morning and close them every night, the window forty feet away has a person watching a news channel. I can’t tell which … Continue reading Being Bombarded By The Same Message…
As I get older, the world around me seems to disappoint me more and more. Part of that is due to an extreme narcissist who has conned so many people who would never dream of thinking for themselves, that he … Continue reading The Only World That Won’t Disappoint…
I came across an article over at the Medium a while back that kinda struck a nerve. The title was as above. Yeah, I do kinda think that I am meaner than I used to be. It’s just that I … Continue reading Why Old People Are Mean?
I’m going to kinda change tracks for this Philosophy Monday to discuss the Christian Bible. But, there is a serious connection, which I will end up talking about. During my eight-year serious study of the Bible I read it from … Continue reading Philosophy Of Life: The Difference Between Theology And Philosophy
For this week’s “Every Picture Has A Story”, I give you Starry Night by Vincent Van Gough. The story behind the picture is very emotional for me. I don’t really remember when I first saw the picture above, but it … Continue reading EPS#3 – Starry Night & A Mini Meltdown
For this Artsy Saturday let’s step back and look at the broader view of things. Artsy Saturday is a part of the trilogy of new projects I am starting at RJsCorner. The banner above shows the other two. For the … Continue reading About Artsy Saturdays (and other such things)
Yesterday’s post was about one of the two things I am doing to basically change where I am going with RetComLife. Today’s post is the second shoe I don’t want to be one of those people who simply complains about … Continue reading RetComLife – The Second Shoe – Making Things Better
I now have over 40 posts in the category of RetComLife (retirement community life), so I have decided to now forego the numbers in the title line. My RetComLife posts up until now, have been about the “dos and don’ts” … Continue reading RetComLife – Stories About Fitting In (aka becoming one of the gang)
The last ten years of my wife’s life, I was in the caretaker mode. That became a bigger burden as the years went by. Towards the end I started dreaming of being able to use the rest of my life … Continue reading I Thought She Was Holding Me Back…
I have let you know at least a couple of times that one of the things I enjoy the most about my RetCom (retirement community) is the three-quarter-mile walkway that runs along the perimeter of the property. One reason is … Continue reading The Thing About Walks…
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