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I am watching with interest as my contemporaries tip toe into retirement. Webster’s Dictionary defines retirement as an act of retiring, withdrawal from one’s position or occupation or from [...]

Time can make a difference. My retirement from teaching five years ago opened up my calendar to a variety of activities. Most of all, I am drawn to opportunities to be around young people. Their [...]

My high school years were the first opportunity to earn an actual paycheck. Mom and Dad helped to stock my first life cupboard with a hearty supply of high expectations and a boatload of work [...]

Mother Nature sure is a taskmaster! She does not know it, but she has been preparing me for my upcoming retirement. But does she have to be so ruthless??   As a teacher I am subject to “snow [...]