Category: Retirement
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Wintering in the Southwest
I enjoy the full hookups provided with a campground but I’m in love with the solitude of boon-docking.
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“2019 Pacific Crest Trail Days.”
We are sleeping inside a pup-tent for the very first time together.
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“Vaguely bestowed history.” (short story)
Ms, Charlotte Wetzler, was seated on the main stage, looking out upon well over 500-hundred guests who are her former students and the recipients of her 42- years of teaching eight and ninth grade American and World history. Accompanying the stage with Ms. Wetzler are members of her school’s administration, School board members, politicians and…
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Betrayed and frantic, I think not!”
Since Feb I have enjoyed and settled into the Florida warmth, and because of cold temperatures, I used my backpacking pants’ less than a week. As March winds to an end, my mind repeatedly drifts to traveling the roads in the vast western US and hiking/backing treelined canopy trails. Although my focus has been to…
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Return Address / Inanimate object discussion.
(Daily Prompt) Yesterday, your pet/baby/inanimate object could read your post. Today, they can write back. Write a post from their point of view (or just pick any non-verbal creature/object). I have never been attached to inanimate objects like cars, or sentimental items such as a baseball caught at a major league game. So, as I…
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No Time to Waste
(Daily Prompt) Fill in the blank: “Life is too short to _____.” Now, write a post telling us how you’ve come to that conclusion. Life is too short to worry, or stress one self when you cannot physically change something immediately. Patience, perseverance, determination and resolve, are key words to recall during one’s life time.…
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Bad Signal
(Daily Prompt) Someone’s left you a voicemail message, but all you can make out are the last words: “I’m sorry. I should’ve told you months ago. Bye.” Who is it from, and what is this about? Now considering I don’t have a hard-line phone or carry my cellular around with me throughout the day, or…
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The Saturday morning Bugs Bunny, Road Runner show and a Sears Kenmore Wringer Washing Machine.
As a five-year old child, I enjoyed watching cartoons, so on a sunny Saturday morning, I’m watching the Bugs Bunny, Road Runner show and I’m in haven, watching all the cartoon action and I loved when the show ends with its iconic signature sign off statement from Porky Pig, “Thats All Folks”. I turned…
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Judgement Radars: Everyone has a story.
Are you a good judge of other people’s happiness? Tell us about a time you were spot on despite external hints to the contrary (or, alternatively, about a time you were dead wrong). I love people watching and it is not I engage people in conversation can I learn their story and we all know, everyone has a story.…
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To -Do? Done!
To-Do? Done! (Daily Prompt) http://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_prompt/to-do-done/Quickly list five List the thing I would change in your life. Now, write a post about a day in your life once all five have been crossed off your to-do list. Learned spanish Stayed in the military Stayed in Europe Completed my time in college Tour the western portions of the…
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Advantage of Foresight
Advantage of Foresight (Daily prompt) You’ve been granted the power to predict the future! The catch — each time you use your power, it costs you one day (as in, you’ll live one day less). How would you use this power, if at all? I would only use the power only three times, once to…
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Back to school August Blues
As a kid, I was always happy and anxious to go back to school! Now many years older, and four years past my last child graduating from high school, my attitude and disposition toward the end of the summer has evolved tremendously. The first September without a child in school was an eerily weird feeling,…
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Saturday Morning tunnel vision
I adjust my helmet, straighten my gloves, tighten the fasteners on my jacket, and start the motor of my motorcycle and continue along the roadway. It has been two weeks of daily riding, traveling northward out of the lower forty-eight and across Alberta Canada to the last few miles before the Alaska State line. I…
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I shall meet my fate?
As I read this prompt several days ago I recognized the word “Yeats” and thought of the Irish/English poet William Butler Yeats and I began to ponder how I shall meet my fate. I researched some of his poems and found the following poem, that I feel touches on the subject. He wrote this poem…
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New Wrinkles; how dose this development change my life?
If I wake with my heart is pumping, my eyes are open to see the mirror of my wrinkles, I would first recognize the lack of hair on my bald head before the wrinkles. I recall stopping for a drink at my local convince store/(7-11), and when the business had monitors installed that allowed…
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Motorcycle riding false assumptions?
Forty five years ago as a teenager and young adult, I imagined riding a motorcycle in the summer time along a two lane rural road, passing picturesque pastures and farms wearing a pair of sun glasses, T-shirt, jeans, tennis shoes, and or flip flops. Thirty years ago, I obtained a motorcycle manual from my local…
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What are you most thankful for right now?
What is now the most important thing in my life that I feel most thankful for? Ok here I go. My most important thought of being thankful for in my life is my health, which gives me the ability to be thankful for the following; To have an open mind after a past career…
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Unlikely Food Pairing
Bacon and chocolate, caramel and cheddar… Is there an unorthodox food pairing you really enjoy? Share with us the weirdest combo you’re willing to admit that you like — and how you discovered it.Sharing is caring. via Unlikely Pairing. The most unlikely food pairing I believe would be baked fresh seafood on a bed of hominy grits…
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Retirement and my big brother
I was recently talking with family members who gathered for a family reunion, and I recognized that I and a female cousin are the only immediate family members of our generation who have retired to enjoy hobbies and activities at our leisure. I thought of my now deceased parents who retired but never took advantage…
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Myths, Facts and Reminders
Originally posted on Eric Tonningsen's Awakening to Awareness: “Preparation for old age should begin not later than one’s teens. A life which is empty of purpose until 65 will not suddenly become filled on retirement.” ~ D. L. Moody Retirement myths; they abound. As people plan for and approach life’s Third Act, many…
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Effective times to write and where
My favorite time to write is in the early morning hours of the day, but I am perplexed, as to why I am inspired to write late in the evening at a Denny’s Restaurant. Apparently this isn’t unusual, where upon my arrival between 9:00 and 10:00 pm there are two or three other customers writing…
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Journaling, Reading, Blogging & Creative Writing
I was inspired to write today’s blog because of writers I follow here on WordPress. Commencing January 2013, I started the New Year with a commitment to write about my life as a retiree in a personal journal. This was fairly easy since I’m very active either motorcycling, bicycling, kayaking photographing sunsets and Geocaching. While…
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Retirement what to do?
I have encountered lots of retirees, and I recognized many people cannot decide what to do in their retirement lifestyle. Most people fall into two categories, some with lots of ideas and not enough time to complete their dreams and desires, and others who don’t know at all. I believe the last group is overwhelmed…
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