2021-11-27 17:56
I have been tasked with curating vintage Christmas music from an ‘almost’ ancient box of vinyl records for an upcoming party. Jim Reeves, Eddy Arnold, Don Janse and his 60 Voice… Read More
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An over-50 lifestyle blog focusing on the transition to retirement, downsizing to a tiny home, travel, writing, hobbies.
2021-08-09 12:20
I am inspired by nature. For most of my life, I have felt the awe, grandeur, and jaw-dropping surge of inspiration coming from an expanse of ocean or large bodies of water. To feel e… Read More
2021-05-12 19:17
Dear Lord, I pray they know your loving grace and feel the warmth of your embrace. Guard them as they grow and play and shelter them each night and day. Please bless them with your lovin… Read More
2021-05-12 19:11
From age 18 through my 55th year, I knew little other than bringing home a paycheck. Although I married, had a child, earned a few college-level degrees, my focus was really always on pr… Read More
2021-03-24 13:54
Today, I’m working on letting go and letting the universe take control. I had a big job. I traveled, I hired and fired people, I influenced corporate policy, I helped people, I bro… Read More
2020-09-23 16:36
“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.” –Gary Snyder
My husband and I have been fortunate to purchase a 10-acre piece of land in the country, close enough to b… Read More
2020-05-29 17:26
“Your loved ones may have become overly reliant upon you recently and, as a result, there’s tension when you focus on anything other than their needs. But today, the sooner y… Read More
2019-11-17 14:36
“Afoot and lighthearted, I take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me.” –Walt Whitman
My world has changed so, so much over the past four years. I ret… Read More
2019-11-17 00:29
“If you are a programmer or a data scientist, you should love the process of creating a program or a data model. When you read someone’s original code (not cut and paste code… Read More
2018-05-30 10:29
“What a joy it is to feel the soft, springy earth under my feet once more, to follow grassy roads that lead to ferny brooks where I can bathe my fingers in a cataract of rippling note… Read More
2018-04-08 12:59
When my son mentioned that he would be traveling to Europe on business this year, extending it into a personal vacation with his wife as well, I was hesitant to take him up on his sugg… Read More
2018-02-23 16:22
”What a terrible waste of a life it is, to always take the easy path, to never know what it is to risk everything for what you love.” Beau Taplin
A recent visit back to the Texa… Read More
2018-02-22 21:26
“Just as the sun brings light to this world, we are called to shine bright even when in the midst of a storm.” @mtbigskyseries
There are so many inspiring blogs around thes… Read More
2017-12-09 14:47
What a blessing the years of 2016 and 2017 have been for me. Regardless of what may happen going forward, I will never be able to regret taking time out of the mainstream to travel cross-co… Read More
2017-11-08 23:45
“Nature is one of the most under-utilized treasures in life. It has the power to unburden hearts and reconnect to that inner place of peace.” ― Janice Anderson
Having come… Read More
2017-03-21 19:58
I have forever lost a piece of my heart to the Texas coastal bend area. It feels like home and I’ve been finding myself daydreaming about it. Am I actually homesick? Wow. I’ve o… Read More
2017-03-21 18:33
I’ve been reflecting, lately, on the life-changing impact of those seemingly simple choices we all make in our lives.
A few members of my husband’s extended family came to visit… Read More
2017-02-03 22:21
My last few blog entries have been used to share just a few of my favorite poems. There are so many, I realize, as I do a little research. While it’s not my intent to just re-publish… Read More
2017-02-02 18:29
(Below is a popular version of the text; many other English versions exist.)
“Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, p… Read More
2017-02-01 01:22
Do It Anyway
People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; be kind anyway… Read More
2016-12-23 20:22
Since my husband and I sold our house about a year ago as we retired, moving into our RV at the lake, we found one downside to be that we no longer have a place where family and friends can… Read More
2016-12-23 19:11
“When it rains, it pours,” they say, right? Well, it’s been doing some pouring around here lately. My emotions and thoughts are scattered. Me, the steady, logical, organiz… Read More
2016-11-02 00:51
Since my husband and I have returned from our first extended RV road trip traveling from Texas, headed north and west through the northwest states and back, I’ve received the same que… Read More
2016-11-02 00:47
Have you ever known anyone that does not or has never ever collected anything? If you have, I might recommend maintaining a cautious distance, because that is a very unusual person, indeed… Read More
2016-11-02 00:41
Entering the state of Utah from Nevada’s eastern border, much of the initial landscape remains the same across the border…until it suddenly is not. Utah’s five national p… Read More
2016-10-24 15:06
I imagine when most folks think of vacationing in Nevada, they think of Las Vegas, or Reno, or Lake Tahoe. My husband and I passed right through these areas, but this is not where our inter… Read More
2016-10-21 12:43
Driving through northern California brought to mind an old Eagles song: “On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair…..” This is the first state where we saw hitchhike… Read More
2016-10-20 20:01
In Oregon, we stayed at the Turtle Rock RV Resort in a town named Gold Beach. This was a very short walk and easily within sight from the actual Pacific Ocean and was another place I did no… Read More
2016-10-20 18:20
The State of Washington is a world unto itself and we did so many different things there. As we entered the state from the East, we were surrounded by golden wheat fields. We really had no… Read More
2016-10-20 17:00
If you’ve been following my blog, you know that my husband and I have retired and are building a life that focuses heavily on travel. For me, my real intention is to become a more rou… Read More
2016-10-20 16:57
There are many voices in the world, and I have always struggled with maintaining my own voice in a strong, yet graceful, way.
Personally, as I grew into adulthood, my parents made clear the… Read More
2016-09-02 18:33
Idaho has never seemed like a very exciting place to me. What do they do there, anyway, besides grow potatoes? I don’t recall ever talking to anyone that’s been to Idaho as a to… Read More
2016-09-01 23:26
Our approach to traveling the U.S. has been to keep our hours traveled per day to 5 or 6….or less. So when the Glacier National Park was farther away from Cody, Wyoming than we wante… Read More
2016-08-31 00:53
Our introduction to Wyoming was a little rocky, so to speak. My husband lost most of a tooth and had to find a dentist. The truck was making a strange noise, so we had to find a dealer that… Read More
2016-08-15 19:47
Okay. Granted. I’m a little uptight. I want a place for everything and everything in its place. If something’s out of its place, I’m just not happy until it’s put ba… Read More
2016-08-15 17:29
Colorado is amazing. There are four national parks in the state: the Great Sand Dunes National Park, the Rocky Mountains National Park, Mesa Verde National Park, and the Black Canyon in the… Read More
2016-08-14 03:25
Transitions are not always easy.
Having held a corporate position for a number of years, I became rather used to the way things worked there. You’re given an assignment and a period o… Read More
2016-08-02 00:20
The Wild, Wild, West is alive and well in the Texas panhandle! As we pass through this area, I’m immediately reminded of the romantic novels I read as a teenager. Zane Grey http://www… Read More
2016-08-01 23:12
Forty years ago, I could never have imagined being where I am today. All I knew was a life where every adult gets a job and goes to work every day. What else is there, after all?
Today, I&r&helli…Read More
2016-07-18 14:24
It’s no secret that I love to travel. Nothing inspires me more. I’ve begun to think of places in living color.
If the Midwest is green, and Texas is black, and Hawaii is purple… Read More
2016-06-15 15:14
In the heat of the moment following the Orlando shootings, the world seems to be on a fast path to destruction and hate. My prayer, as we push through, is that we can all focus on… Read More
2016-06-09 12:48
Pretty sure I’m not alone when I say that at the end of the day when it’s time for bed, I like to pull the covers up to my ears and snuggle in for a good snuggly sleep for the n… Read More
2016-06-03 00:18
Have you identified some ‘thing’ that you believe to be your life’s Calling?
This is an ongoing struggle for me as I often talk with people who seem to believe… Read More
2016-06-03 00:01
This concept of groups of people gathering in the name of worshiping Christ on a regular basis has been weighing on my mind lately, so I’ll take that as divine guidance toward sharing… Read More
2016-06-02 16:27
Isn’t ‘waiting’ the worst?! No matter what the ‘thing’ is that you might be waiting on, it just truly sucks. Waiting for the doctor. Waiting for time to leave… Read More
2016-06-02 16:11
How long has it been since you’ve connected with anything on my list below? If it’s been a while, I believe you should take the time to think about it and enjoy your own ve… Read More
2016-05-13 21:13
As my husband and I near our 34th wedding anniversary, I’m reminded that we are, and have always been, something of a study in the reversal of many of the historically typical male vs… Read More
2016-05-13 20:36
“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” –Aristotle
So many times, I see people drowning in the humdrum day-to-day boredom of making a living, raising the kids, being… Read More
2016-04-25 20:09
Smoking was ‘cool’ in the 70’s when I first picked up the habit. There was nothing I didn’t love about smoking back then. It seemed to curb my appetite which he… Read More
2016-04-12 16:36
A few of my previous posts have mentioned my love of a good ‘project.’ Here’s the current list of projects I’m working on. Just thinking about these makes me happy… Read More
2016-04-12 15:40
I recently read a piece on the Abraham-Hicks teachings and came across a concept that brought tears to my eyes. This resonated very personally for me. These general ideas can be found at th… Read More
2016-04-01 15:31
When was the last time you did something you’ve never done before? I’m a big proponent of just stepping out there and doing it whenever you can! Here’s an example.
Ziplini… Read More
2016-04-01 15:07
For the larger part of my adult life, I was who I needed to be in order to hold down a job, raise a family, maintain a household. I heard and saw the expectation of the world around me and… Read More
2016-03-10 20:54
We all have cravings, right? If nothing else, we, as women, may have gone through a pregnancy that may have driven cravings such as pickles and ice cream or other strange combinations of fo… Read More
2016-03-10 20:17
While I don’t usually put much faith in daily horoscopes, I happened across mine on my Yahoo! home page recently:
“You are your own greatest distraction now, yet you might choos… Read More
2016-03-07 15:35
I’m fascinated by the ladies that carry ‘the kitchen sink’ in their handbags. What is the real reason behind their perceived need to have all of these things with them at… Read More
2016-02-22 17:45
Everyone, I imagine, has their own unique set of pressures in life. I’ve come to realize that I’ve been under a few of them myself for the past 36 years. Granted, maybe the… Read More
2016-02-20 14:08
Wow. I’ve made it all the way to 55 years old and all of the ‘getting old’ stuff really never bothered me much. You know, it’s just a number, you’re only as ol… Read More
2016-02-17 16:00
Did you know that “Approximately 150 million Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged annually, making Valentine’s Day the second most popular card-sending holiday after Christ… Read More
2016-02-11 16:33
To share a fun story from my early retirement, my youngest son and his wife invited us to their home in Austin, TX, to spend a little time with them over the past weekend. While they do not… Read More
2016-02-08 18:34
When my father was a young man, he left the church where he grew up, where his parents and extended family remained, and set off to begin his lifelong search for God’s purpose in his… Read More
2016-02-05 16:17
As my husband and I prepared for my ‘retirement’ from the corporate world, we made a few hard choices. For the first 33 years of our married lives, we always had it all, so to s… Read More
2016-01-20 21:41
Today I’m sharing one of my favorite early works that is especially meaningful to me. This ‘rock’ I’ve now been married to for 33 years. How time does flow like… Read More
2016-01-20 21:36
Success at academics has always come easily to me. I credit this largely to genetics rather than any amazing feat of my own. Although my parents’ formal education was limited, and the… Read More
2016-01-20 21:27
Independence has always been important to me as an adult. In retrospect, its importance may have stemmed from my growing up in an environment that seemed to always be changing. It bec… Read More
2016-01-20 21:26
My parents raised their family of six children in country homes. Even though we had a large family and everyone shared many things, I never recall the house seeming too small. There w… Read More
2016-01-20 21:20
Houses are one of my many loves. My kitchen theme, for many years, has been ‘home is where the heart is’ which led me to decorating with any and all forms of houses (yes, as ext… Read More
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