I have been in my RetCom home for 14 months now, and am slowly making some friends here. Being deaf and having Aspie traits has made that process difficult as it has for most everything in my last 35 years. … Continue reading RetComLife – The Thing About Men: Part 2 -Let’s Build Stuff”
Before I get into the basic idea for this 3-day series about Retirement Community Life, I need to give you a little basic background. “Just the facts” as Joe Friday used to say on the TV show Dragnet. Most RetComs … Continue reading RetComLife – The Thing About Men Part 1: Just The Facts…
I have visited over 40 State Capitals in my travels around the U.S. and this is one of my favorite pictures. It is from the Capital Building of Connecticut in Hartford. I visited there during my recent trip through that … Continue reading EPS – Favorites
Progress has been slow in this endeavor to learn how to sketch. Maybe I am too impatient to wait out being accomplished at it. Or perhaps I just don’t think I will, with the time left for me, ever be … Continue reading Artsy Saturday – Learning To Sketch Lesson- An Update
Given the human psyche, a person could spend a lifetime discovering who he actually is. When I was thinking how fragile the human psyche is, the above words came to me. When I look back on my life I can … Continue reading Given The Human Psyche…
It is tragic to me how many people take our democracy for granted. They just can’t be bothered to, once every couple of years, take an hour out of their time to vote. Presently, an extreme minority has a strangle … Continue reading If Everybody Voted…
I can’t cite you chapter and verse, but I know somewhere in the Bible it says that we are to obey our masters and to satisfied with our place in life. Since this sounds very contrary to the words of … Continue reading I Command You To Be Satisfied…
For the vast majority of my existence, I have always believed that my commitments have dictated that I live on other people’s terms. In the last year or so, I have reached that point where I can live as I … Continue reading For The First Time In My Life…
When I create something beautiful, I know it immediately, and it gives me great pleasure. That is what gives me joy in my life. I believe I have created Beauty in many forms: Then there is the beauty that I … Continue reading Beauty Is A Feeling, More Than Anything Else.
During my recent trip through upstate New York I came across the Sanborn, Tuscarora Nation, United States. When I did a Wikipedia search of Tuscarora I am told about the North Carolina version. I have read several books about the … Continue reading Every Picture Has Story – Sanborn, Tuscarora Nation
I have visited more historic colonies than I can even count during my Search Of America, and almost every one has a version of a loom in it. Without even serving its function the loom itself has an artsy feel. … Continue reading Artsy Fartsy Saturday – The Ubiquitous Weaving Loom.
It has been at least 60 years since I read the book Don Quixote. It took me almost a lifetime to understand about “aiming for too big or impossible goals”. I do remember that he went around the country fighting … Continue reading No More Windmills…
During my two major trips, and even in between, I have visited about a dozen different retirement communities across the country. This review will be the last one in that category. Two weeks ago, I finally managed to visit an … Continue reading RetComLife – Retirement Community Review… One Final Time
I just got back from my second and last major on-the-road trip of the year, this time it was to the New England States. It was fun and I will certainly be posting quite a bit about it in the … Continue reading The Day-To_Day Stuff…
My brain seems to be constantly filled to overflowing and just doesn’t have room for anything else. I wonder how much I am passing by because of that condition? So, when I came across an article lately about decluttering your … Continue reading Sometimes There Just Doesn’t Seem To Be Room For Anything Else…
Let’s talk a little today about folklore. As the definition here shows, it is something passed down through generations by word of mouth. Having some Native American blood in me, I have always been fascinated by that version of folklore. … Continue reading About Folklore…
The Will Rogers “Quote of the Day” as shown in the chalkboard area of the header above basically says that we should take the time to learn from those who were much wiser than us so that we can keep … Continue reading Lessons We Need To Learn…
I came across the words above when I was recently watching an early TV episode of “Mad About You” for the 1980s. That brought to mind the often quoted idea that after being married for decades, old couples can practically … Continue reading If I Tell You Now, We Won’t Have Anything To Talk About When We Are Old
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth recently died, and now her 73-year-old son has taken over as the patriarch of the Windsor royalty. I have to be candid here, and tell you that I simply don’t understand the 21st century significance of inherited … Continue reading The Queen Is Dead, Long Live The King…
This might seem like a strange title for a post in my retirement community life category, but I kinda think that as a result of 2+ years of COVID, it likely describes the current sit-down dining option in many retirement … Continue reading RetComLife – Feedlot Dining
For this Sunday’s “Every Picture has a Story”, I chose the one above. It was taken towards the end of 1988. Except for my wife’s death last year, this was the most traumatic year of my life. When this picture … Continue reading EPS#4 – 1988, What A Year!
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