How to Work Through Retirement Laziness
A lot of people asked what I planned to do after retirement. Work, of course. I’m taking early social security, and I also have a nice retirement benefit after 35 years, but between the two […]
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Happy National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, three times fast
So far April has sucked, and I haven’t felt very funny (as opposed to not being funny and thinking I am). So I’m celebrating National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week the way they used to do […]
A Quiet, Retiring Dog
How heart-warming when a professional dog can retire before she’s blown up. So many of us just settle for Medicare. After an eight-year career as a bomb-detecting dog at Chicago’s O’Hare and Midway airports, Lacy, […]
The Upside of Getting Old
I recently turned 45. Even more recently, I turned 62. This old body is starting to show signs of wear and tear. I haven’t checked, but I’m pretty sure it’s way out of warranty. When […]
Bobby and Thom Have The Expat Convo
Thom and I were on the last walk of the day with our Doodle, Rhoda Morgenstern. Thom was subdued. Something was brewing. “I’ve been doing a lot of reading about life as an expat. Have […]
7 (sort of) surprising tidbits about stress
We’ve all heard about how chronic stress is bad for our hearts, brains and emotional wellbeing, makes us fat, and even shaves years off our lives because it speeds up the aging process. The physiological […]
The Old Farts Tennis Club
Recently I joined an extremely exclusive club here on Camano Island – the swank Royal Racquet and Earl Grey Tea Society. They play on the only public tennis courts on the island. In order to […]