While retirement hasn’t been—so far, at least—the anticipated carousel of restaurants, parties and world travel, it has definitely been a good time, and I feel like I’m just getting warmed up....
My Top Reads In ’24
Here's a quick look at the top 10 books I read in 2024—seven fiction and three nonfiction....
Cruising To Alaska
We took our first large-ship cruise in July, sailing from Seattle to visit Alaska aboard the 4,000-passenger Norwegian Encore....
Vacation Wildlife
This summer's trip to the Lake Michigan shore in northern Indiana featured some unusual wildlife encounters....
The Infinite Weekend
Happy Monday, everybody! Reflections on my first day of retirement....
Best Books I Read In ’23
I failed pretty miserably in my book-reading goals for last year. I did manage to reach my goal of reading 100 short stories, but fell far short of my annual goal of 25 books—ending up with only 19. In 2024, my resolution is to quit my job so I can have more time to...
A Week On The Rhine
We returned recently from a total splurge vacation, a cruise up the Rhine River from Amsterdam to Basel, Switzerland. We are hardly seasoned travelers; in 37 years of marriage, this was only our second trip out of the United States. But we’re in that use-it-or-lose it time of our lives now, and we figured...
Rocky Mountain National Park
Near the end of June, we visited Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. Since I haven’t posted here in a while, I thought I’d share a few photos. This is the view of Grand Lake, on the left, and Shadow Mountain Lake, on the right, from the Grand Lake Lodge, a hotel near the...
Two Puppies
Our dogs, Daisy and Sam, are both technically adult dogs, but they don't act like it....
My 2022 Five-Stars
Here are the books I read in 2022 that I liked enough to award five-star ratings in Goodreads....