When Friendship Stops Happening on Its Own Part One
Part One: The Friendships We Didn’t Expect What moving, retirement and an unexpected invitation taught us about making new friends…
Retirement
When Tuesday and Saturday are Interchangeable
When Tuesday and Saturday Become Interchangeable When you no longer have to build your life around work, children, schedules, or…
It’s Pronounced O-bin (not O-ban)
This post about Oban is an abbreviated version of the original article found on the Travel & Life Rhythms page.…
Lots of Kings, Lots of Clans, Too Much Jet Lag
We were booked for two tours on our second day in Scotland. Edinburgh Castle came first. Beautifully restored and carefully…
Filling Boxes and Filling Rooms
I did not choose retirement the way Michael did. He walked out of a forty year career at the top…
Lessons We Have Learned the Hard Way in Italy
Travel is educational. Definitely culturally and historically. Occasionally its by walking barefoot into a raised floor edge at 2:17 a.m.…
Word of the Year 2026 – Intentionality
In·ten·tion·al·i·ty /inˌten(t)SHəˈnalədē/ noun 1. the fact of being deliberate or purposive. the quality of mental states (e.g., thoughts, beliefs, desires,…
On a Snowy Afternoon in Illinois
I grew up on the prairie of southern Minnesota during what I sometimes call the “Ice Age”. This was a…
Lessons from an Unexpected Alarm Clock
The 6:00 a.m. unexpected alarm clock. This past Monday was the final day of our ten day trip through Charleston,…