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 …
Put Away Your Grinch Face – It’s Christmas
I love everything about Christmas, especially the festivities leading up to the big event. December is universally the most joyful month of the year and it inspires me to try a little harder, dig a little deeper and embrace every moment with hope and faith and the promise of good things to come. I used …
New England Road Trip
Thanksgiving is a state of mind
A Not so Traditional, Traditional Thanksgiving
Family traditions are important to us, and we have a few, from carving the same pumpkin face year after year at Halloween, to dressing up for Christmas dinner and taking the annual family photo. Traditions bond families, and mark the passage of time in ways that our memories seem to favor. On November 28th, we …
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Don’t Call It A Boat
Taking a cruise vacation is one of my favorite ways to travel. We have sailed ships large and small, fancy and plain, from a minimum of five nights to a whopping thirty-six nights, all over the globe. For those of you who have never tried cruising, or may have had a bad experience on your …
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