Reflections
Notes from our first year of retirement, travel, transition, faith, and the quiet work of paying attention.
- Catherine Benner
Cozumel June 6-11 then 12, 2026 In May Michael and I read about the diving in Cozumel. We ....
- Catherine Benner
The hills stretched out in ordered rows, each line set with a care that felt almost too precise ....
- Catherine Benner
I did not choose retirement the way Michael did. He walked out of a forty year career at ....
- Catherine Benner
About three weeks into retirement, I banned General George S. Patton from our morning coffee. Not from our ....
- Catherine Benner
Learning a New Way to Travel We are recently back from three weeks in Italy. When the trip ....
- Michael Benner
This was originally published on Travel & Rhythms in Italy 2026 Catherine begins Part 5 by mentioning our ....
- Catherine Benner
Travel is educational. Definitely culturally and historically. Occasionally its by walking barefoot into a raised floor edge at ....
- Catherine Benner
Traveling in Italy We leave for Italy in a few days, and in an unexpected turn of events, ....
- Catherine Benner
Travel has a way of revealing what is real. A rhythm that only exists at home is not ....