Collecting My Thoughts

  I haven't been wild about my "page a day" table calendar this year. I went from birds to horses. Hmm. Love horses, but bir...

 We are moving to a retirement community, and frankly my dear, I'm pooped.  And so is my husband. On Friday we had a quick trip by ambul...

Another cooking tip. I'd forgotten this one. My children were adults, but I still wrote an occasional "Bruce Times" to catch t...

I made up this checklist to use when looking at retirement apartments or assisted care facilities.  I looked at some on the internet, but li...

  I retired 25 years ago (Oct. 2025), and I've lived through a number of down turns in the stock market, which now is my income. Dot com...

There's an editorial in WSJ today from a woman who had been told by her doctors she had to give up high heels. There's a pay wall, b...

 Recently we've been discussing costs of retirement communities with various friends who have made the move, or are anticipating one.  T...

Romena church in Pratovecchio Stia, Tuscany, Italy was the photo (not mine) that came up today as I opened my computer. We've visited ma...

Yesterday I received a cartoon-poem from a high school friend, Rusty Rush, about the Golden Years. Actually, I didn't know him in high s...

 Although I often say I'm rarely busy, I do have a dilemma right now because I can't get done what I'm planning in my head. It...

I got a late start in preparing for retirement. I was in my mid-40s with a full time tenure track job at Ohio State University and a put and...

"In 2021, Social Security spent $57 billion more than it collected in dedicated tax revenue and interest on its trust funds. The truste...

“Since I was 5 years old I've been in the information business, and before that I had a sharp eye and was taking it all in without reali...

A certain man in my life (for his protection I’ve made up a name) decided he’d try substitute teaching in his school district. We’re about t...

When I had settled on retiring in October, 2000, I thought I might need a hobby, so I began keeping a small notebook in my purse to write in...

Joan Shaw Turrentine, retired teacher, pastor’s wife, mother, grandmother, blogger and FaceBook companion writes: “I was reminded again th...

This Friday the Lakeside Women's Club book review is "Nomandland; surviving America in the 21st century" by Jessica Bruder. (2...

Actually, the first ten days of December we had eight events!  Everyone seems to have wanted to get a head start on the holidays. Dec. 1: ...

I'm retired and I write blogs. Nine blogs. One is about retirement. (I also do other things like volunteer, go out with friends, and t...

One photo shared today on Facebook was by my veterinary medicine librarian friend (also retired) and colleague  Mitsuko Williams (University...