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We are always in Transition
I'm continuing to talk about transitions that I had talked about in my last blog. One of the things people don't realize when they're in...
2 days ago
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Struggling with transitions
Transitions should be a time of reflection, where you have been and who you have traveled that road with. Reflect on where you are now...
6 days ago
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Enjoying the rain
As you can tell I have been struggling to find that topic that really is of interest to people planning on retiring. I could talk about...
Mar 25
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What do you do with your time
I have been pondering how best to reach the audience I would like to, and I realized that most people are not interested in being...
Mar 20
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Welcome to Macro Economics in action
Its an exciting world today in terms of economic policy in action. Under Biden we saw him trying to jump start the economy after the...
Mar 11
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Advice from a 100 year old
This excerpt is from an article in The Washington Post on January 21, 2025. The publication interviewed a 100-year-old man about his...
Mar 6
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How do you grieve
I got thinking about this topic after one of my cousins died and his wife is dealing with his death. I had written a book about the...
Feb 27
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Toastmasters
This past weekend I went to an area contest with toastmasters. It was a great experience and the speeches that were given were the...
Feb 25
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Planning the Future
As I continue on with this blog I am debating on how best to proceed. I started on the this path 3 or 4 years ago hoping that I could...
Feb 20
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The Sins of the Father
I went to a wake for a friend and cousin who died after several years dementia in his mid 70’s. At the wake all appeared to be normal the...
Feb 18
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Is a budget a story
I was at a church meeting when the conversation turned to the budget. As we reviewed the numbers, two of the group leaders admitted that...
Feb 13
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Living life well
I recently came across a thought-provoking Pearls Before Swine cartoon by Stephan Pastis. In it, Pig climbs a mountain to seek wisdom...
Feb 11
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A Life Well Lived
It has been a tough week. I have been struggling for time between putting class plans together for four classes, two of which I have...
Feb 6
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Its never to late to set new goals
"Its never to late to set new goals or dream new dreams" C. S. Lewis In this last blog on the book “Living a Thousand Years” he goes into...
Jan 30
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Its never to late
This is the second of three blogs about living a thousand years. I will talk about his thoughts on a time to learn, living in the...
Jan 28
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Can a third space be a football game?
I had a bunch of family over for a birthday party and we got talking about football games and tailgate parties. My daughter has had...
Jan 21
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How many friends is to many?
When you talk to some people and they talk about having hundreds of friends on Facebook or Instagram or Tic Tok. You find they do not...
Jan 15
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More on the Third Space
In the book “The Third Space” the author makes a lot of good points. Social media makes our lives busier, but it obscures our...
Jan 14
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Creating a Third Space
I am on our churches stewardship committee and we have talked about how do we become a place that we will become peoples third space. Our...
Jan 9
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The Corner Pub
It is strange that as social media has become more prevalent our society has not become more social. When I grew up in Buffalo, NY back...
Jan 7
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