For the last month or so I have been meeting with a college student who is taking a class about “Stories, Art, and Aging”. She will soon be giving a presentation about what she has learned from our conversations. I … Continue reading Finding My Purpose… A Neverending Search
Looking back, 2025 has been a very insightful year for me. I learned a lot about myself and even some things that changed my worldview. I also learned to think more deeply about things ranging from complicated to simple. In … Continue reading Essence – One Of My Favorite Words
My Digital Doodle board is filling up so maybe it’s time to move on to focus on another project. I’m kinda thinking about doing some illustration-type artsy stuff similar to the above. Starting out, it will primarily be from the … Continue reading Another Idea…
I don’t know why but I have been in a very philosophical mood lately. Many seeds have recently been planted in my brain about what my last words in life might be. No, this isn’t doom and disaster stuff to … Continue reading My Last Words
Life On My Own A couple of weeks ago I posted about building my fortress of solitude in my 800 sq ft Retcom apartment. In that post I mentioned LOMO but didn’t explain it much. This post does that explainin. … Continue reading Celebrating LOMO
I took the original picture on which this one was based many years ago. It was taken in a museum in Des Moines Iowa. I love how form and function can merge so comfortably when it is done by the … Continue reading MME90 – The Most Memorable
Now that I have a very fast internet connection I have given up cable and satellite in favor of total streaming. One of the best things about that is I can now watch many of my favorite shows from the … Continue reading I’ll Let You In On A Little Secret
The reason I am writing this series of posts here at RJsCorner is to maybe help you discover the emotional “secrets” to what lies beyond retirement day. Maybe I can help some of you so you might not make the same mistakes as I did. Continue reading The Emotional Side Of Retirement
Memories are something that I have an abundance of. As I have said many times here on RJsCorner, my brain constantly runs 100 mph with hundreds of different thoughts. Sadly most of those that have value, might I even say … Continue reading Memories Light The Corners Of My Mind…
If you have any interest in the history of the U.S., you must visit Henry Ford’s Greenfield Village in Dearborn Michigan. There are hundreds of buildings that Ford kidnapped from across the country depicting our early days including the original … Continue reading MME51 – Greenfield Village Facade
One of the best things I discovered in my four years living in New Jersey was diners. This was my favorite one. It was located in Freehold NJ. Except for the diner just down the road from our house, this … Continue reading MME57 – NJ Diner
Like Superman, I need my Fortress of Solitude. I need a place where I can live life on my own (LOMO) for whatever time I have left on this earth. After four years of trying to create it, I think it is finally done. Continue reading My Fortress Of Solitude
Or at least many of today’s versions of them. To me they are simply annoying distractions. I know they are becoming the number one thing in the social media world. This is one of those things that advancing technology has … Continue reading I Don’t Like Videos
I am always on the lookout for advice on dealing with my final years. I found an article that has helped me in that regard so I thought I would give you a few snippets from it. Continue reading Staying Emotionally Strong In Your Later Years
Many are panicked about what the future holds for them. They see robots taking over the world and humans relegated to the trash heap of time. This post is to try to do a little bit to assure you that … Continue reading The 2nd Enlightenment
There are those around today who disapprove of using the tools of the 21st century to create what their mind’s eye sees. They think everything was better in the “good old days”. Continue reading We Should Shun Cameras
The marketing folks have once again to convinced many of us that our carpet contains germs, dirt and other such unhealthy things. So, we must all immediately strip out all our carpet and replace it with fake wood floors. Continue reading Strip Out The Carpet …
I am taking the coming week off from RJsCorner to prepare for some changes in my blogging going forward. Those changes will be announced on the 1st day of my 80th year on this earth. I never dreamed I would … Continue reading The Times, They Are A Changing…
“Diversity is about all of us, and about us having to figure out how to walk through this world together.” – Jacqueline Woodson I know there are many people around today who greatly fear diversity. Many of that group still … Continue reading Walking Through This World Together
I read a very interesting article the other day that caused me to have a different perception of boredom. Continue reading We Are Killing Our Creativity With Constant Stimulation
I have been thinking lately about the words of Jesus and how he interacted with those he came across. Except for some of those in the religious establishment I couldn’t find any instance where he chose to automatically exclude anyone from … Continue reading The Practice of Exclusion…
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