What a Glass of Barolo Taught Us
The hills stretched out in ordered rows, each line set with a care that felt almost too precise to be…
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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…
Enneagram Types in Retirement: When a Type 1 and Type 4 Share a Cup of Coffee
About three weeks into retirement, I banned General George S. Patton from our morning coffee. Not from our home, nor…
Travel: Reframed and Learning a New Way in This Season
Learning a New Way to Travel We are recently back from three weeks in Italy. When the trip began, I…
Planes, Trains & Automobiles by Michael
This was originally published on Travel & Rhythms in Italy 2026 Catherine begins Part 5 by mentioning our train ride…
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.…
Italy, Changing Roles, and Traveling in a New Season
Traveling in Italy We leave for Italy in a few days, and in an unexpected turn of events, I’ve become…
Portable Order: How Travel Tests (and Refines) Our Rhythm
Travel has a way of revealing what is real. A rhythm that only exists at home is not yet a…
Anchors, Not Chains: Building a New Home Rhythm
Building a New Home Rhythm Morning arrives differently now. Without an alarm clock announcing the day, we are discovering the…