Category: Raptures/Analysis

Recently two bloggers I respect have published simple posts about how we spend our days. First Ronni, of Time Goes By, wrote about “relaxed retirement.”

So this morning I am sitting in front of the television as World Cup coverage plays. I use those words advisedly; no one’s actually playing

Today once again I will be heading inland to help inform voters in a California congressional district. I confess to a fairly bossy tone informing

So far I find my 60s to be distinguished not by wisdom but discovering the scope of my ignorance. The blog is partly responsible. In

I still hate housecleaning. Just needed to put that out here. Four and a half years of retirement haven’t made me a fan of household

For all the counting down, the rushing to a day, my favorite part of Christmas is in fact timelessness. By which I don’t mean the

Prepare to have the socks bored right off your feet. Lately I’ve been considering the idea of a Good Week. As someone who is wired

Retirement is teaching me about my self, absent structure. Some lessons are grandly philosophical. “Where do I end and the world begin?” Some not so much.

June is California’s best month. Wait, I mean northern coast-adjacent California. Oh, to be precise, the San Francisco Peninsula (by the Bay, not the hills

So. For the past couple of weeks I’ve been drafting a piece for my Medium page about how I developed my political beliefs. Let me admit,

I was talking to my best friend yesterday (we raised our kids together, first she moved to Belgium, then to New Jersey, now we talk