Sitting idly on my back porch on Saturday evening, a crazy idea idea popped into my head: Would Hazel and Robbie like to plant a pumpkin patch? Excited, I immediately dashed a text off to Annie: If you have time tomorrow, I’d like to bring over the makings for a pumpkin patch – a small
My morning tea comes with an inspiring tag. Sometimes a game-changer. Taking a break for a month long cruise with Marie in January left me in a quandary about what to do next. Not just tomorrow – for the rest of my life. At 83, I’m in excellent health, I have a great marriage and
Last fall after watching https://www.bluezones.com/documentary/The Blue Zones, I was inspired to start a vegetable garden – something I’d never done in my more than 80 years. Here’s the beginning: The next step was deciding what to plant and where, using the Garden Planner app from The Farmer’s Almanac. The ground was still too cold for
The last hurrah As much as I loved flying Duke N33WF, the cost was twice that of a Baron. Prudence required me to face reality and sadly I sold it. The good news was that I flew the plane for almost two years and more than 300 hours, yet sold it for more than I
Our sales manager loved to ask prospective candidates, “Do you enjoy business travel?” If they answered, “Yes,” he knew they were rookies. Experienced business travelers dread the beginning and end of every trip. Getting to and from the destination. But for me, that was like time in my sandbox – a few hours of sheer
