This blog is about what someone does in retirement. While I may choose to reminisce about things that occurred before, I will try to constrain myself to topics of interest to folks “of a certain age,” or at least folks with some leisure time and the resources to enjoy it. The blog is not a “how to.” I have no special wisdom about financial planning, RV repair, fly-fishing or using malls as exercise venues, even though I’ve done all those things and may choose to write about them.

One of the things I do in retirement is write. You may choose music, or art, or genealogy. Because I write though, these essays may sometimes try to look into the meaning of whatever I’ve decided to explore. Sometimes I’ll try to be funny or informative or simply vent about whatever irritates me on the day I decide to make a submission.

The underlying message about all these pieces is that retirement is not about sitting around waiting to be entertained or, worse yet, waiting for the grim reaper. We all pretty much design and build our own world so, to some extent, this is about a construction job. Me, constructing the rest of my life.