What I Wish I Knew Before I Retired
Wishing each of you a happy and healthy holiday season. Thank you for reading and for following along. Your friendship, comments and support have meant a great deal to me. I will be taking a blogging break from now until January. I look forward to seeing you then. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
Last Thursday, I woke up in a hurry. I wanted to get to my walking group and I had things to do. Important things. If you asked me now, I could not begin to tell you what those important things were. Still, I was in a rush but somehow kept finding urgent things that required… Continue reading Do You Truly Know Who is in the Car Ahead of You?
Last night, Richard and I attended Salish Sea Culinary Adventures. Through this program, culinary/hospitality students prepare and serve full-course, locally sourced meals. The Salish Sea encompasses Puget Sound, the San Juan Islands and the waters off of Vancouver, BC. Thus, these meals focus on local ingredients from both land and ocean. Yesterday was a… Continue reading Salish Sea Culinary Adventures
This morning, I woke up to Jude's post on Blogging, Friendship and Community. At first glance, you may think that you have read this post before. Jude is one of the six bloggers who attended the Bloggers' Meet-Up on Vancouver Island this past July. While she does discuss the get-together (with some never seen before… Continue reading Blogging, Friendship and Community
Yesterday, I passed a series of shops that had beautiful window displays of sweaters, boots and wool hats. Why were winter items for sale in the middle of summer? Then I looked at my calendar. From a meteorological point of view, summer ends on September 1. Yikes, that is less than two weeks away! An… Continue reading Where, Oh Where, Has My Summer Gone??
Thank you to Sue, from Sizzling Toward 60 & Beyond, for inviting me to take part in her Aging Well in August series. A wide variety of factors contribute to aging well. In this series, Sue covers 31 ways to help us focus on positive aging this August. I invite you to pop over to… Continue reading Never Let Yourself Get Too Lonely
Yesterday, a friend messaged me to ask my advice about beginning a blog. Included in my reply was the suggestion to look at recommendations from a variety of different bloggers. Note the similarities in their answers and the differences. Begin with what works for you, experiment, and have fun. I was delighted when I woke… Continue reading 10 Things We Wish We Had Known About Blogging
Thank you to Erica, from Behind the Scenery, for her detailed perspective, and fun photos, of our recent Bloggers' Meet Up. If you haven't yet checked out Erica's blog, I highly recommend it!
Distance Walked: 21.8 km Walking Time: 6 hours Breaks: 1 hour Walking Pace: 3.5 km per hour Attitude Difference Ascent: 580 m Attitude Difference Descent: 690m Distance to Rome: 19.1 km Campagnano di Roma: As we walked yesterday’s trail, we repeatedly heard sounds from the area’s Autodromo Vallelunga Pietro Taruff. Sadly, we never did catch… Continue reading Day 23: Campagnano di Roma to La Sorta
Distance Walked: 15 km Time Walking: 8 am - 1 pm (including a stop in magnificent Monte Gelato Falls) Temperatures : High of 27C (with a burst of rain). Summary: Today was our first day on the trail that had any hint of rain. When we finally decided that the skies were serious, we unearthed our… Continue reading Day 22: Monterosi to Campagnano di Roma
Retirement Reflections 