My husband and I will celebrate our 36th wedding anniversary this summer and what an incredible ride it has been. We had a very casual (and small, less than a dozen people) ceremony on the side of a hill in the high desert north of Los Angeles where we had planned to build one […]
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Those of you that know me personally or have read my “about” page on this site know that my husband and I share a Martini every Friday afternoon wherever in the world we find ourselves. If we are in the company of others, we will invite them to join us in this weekly tradition. Some […]
My mother was born 92 years ago today in a small town in northwestern Minnesota not far from the Canadian border. She was the 5th of six children born to second generation Norwegian immigrants, Olga and Elmer. My grandparents were hard-working, no-nonsense Lutherans who expected the same from their children, two boys and four girls. When […]
“Moderation in all things, especially moderation” …Ralph Waldo Emerson Aristotle is thought to have been the first advocate of moderation in all things. Since then, many have adopted their own take on this philosophy allowing for an increasingly diverse understanding of what moderation means. Some self righteous crusaders hold very narrow view of moderation, especially […]
Today is the last day of my 59th year. Tomorrow I will celebrate my 60th birthday. I’ll get up early and go to the Student Fitness Center with my husband for our regular 3x a week 90 minute workout followed by a semi annual visit to the dentist for our teeth cleaning and check-up. We’ll […]
In my last post I talked about how entering retirement debt free was probably the best pre-retirement decision I made. Or more accurately, the best decision my husband and I made together. But after we both retired and settled in Maine near the state’s flagship university, we made what just might be our best post-retirement […]
I remember when I was growing up in Southern California, known then as the nation’s fruit basket, the markets would have beautiful fresh fruit year round. But most of it was grown within a few hundred miles and so it was picked within days of being sold. So the available selection followed the seasons. Berries […]
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