Like most people, Malcolm and I have come to terms with how life will be for the foreseeable future. Being retired enables an inherent flexibility that we are especially grateful for right now. Our wings may be clipped, but adapting to our new reality has been easier than imagined. Making a conscious decision to be …
Category: On My Mind
When Retirement and Coronavirus Collide
For several months, a group of friends and I have been planning to host a Mahjong Tournament for our neighborhood players. A few days ago we decided to cancel the tournament because it felt irresponsible to continue. Obviously, this is a minor alteration to our busy retirement schedule, but there have been many other considerations …
Celebrating Simple Pleasures
My life is filled with joy moments and I share a lot of them here, on our retirement lifestyle blog. Joy moments don't have to be celebrations of monumental accomplishments, goals attained or milestones in life, they can be simple and ordinary, like the beauty of a sunset, a child's laughter, a fragrance that evokes …
Are You Blog Bragging?
I have always considered this blog to be an accurate reflection of our retirement life and I don't censor or white wash it in any way. We are who we are. Who we are is two happily married, proud of our kid parents, who happened to have retired early and are now living the life …
Happy Birthday Picture Retirement
Community; a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals. Happy New Year everyone and Happy Birthday to Picture Retirement. The blog that we not-so-seriously began in 2017 to chronicle our retirement is officially a toddler. Malcolm and I, on the other hand, are entering our fifteenth year …
Picture Retirement 