Monthly Archives: January 2020

Planning for Retirement or “I know! I’ll take piano lessons!”

In my memoir class I wrote a series of letters to my daughter Lydia about my non-Dad life. Some touched on my “planning” for retirement, like the one below. Dear Lydia: Oh, the things we do in our quest for the perfect retirement. I didn’t want to be totally unprepared, so while I was workingContinue reading “Planning for Retirement or “I know! I’ll take piano lessons!””

I Never Knew Eight Hours Could Last Sooo Long

For 45 years, give or take a month or two, my life meandered through blocks of time, rarely changing from day to day. First, there was “get ready for work,” followed by “commute to work,” then spend the morning “working.” Halfway through the day there was a miniscule block for “lunch,” or “errands,” or, tooContinue reading “I Never Knew Eight Hours Could Last Sooo Long”