The Art of Retiring

Homage to Nature..aka Harvey

Homage My youngest son lives in Houston. He teaches at a private school there so he didn’t want to try to come home this weekend, just in case nothing happened. Well, I guess we know that was a bit of a crap shoot. Thankfully, our cousins were kind enough to treat him like one of…

Anticipation

It took me some patience to capture a photo of this cute little hummingbird. I sat down in the backyard and decided I would have to be patient, hoping one of these little guys would come by for a snack. Retirement is kind of like that for me, I am having to exercise patience as…

Inhabiting the body of a writer

Inhabit This is my first week blogging. I honestly cannot believe how happy it makes me to write. My mind is always abuzz with random thoughts, my son categorizes this as ADHD. Having a place to express myself is a relief and seems to combat my built up stress and anxiety. When I feel too…

Be a “deer”

I don’t think I would be able to go on working if I had not begun to look for little bits of joy in every day. Taking a few minutes to pull the weeds in my garden or just take a walkabout and enjoy the birds and the plants. Each day before I head off…

Bluebird of Happiness

I had typed the word happiness this morning as it has really been on my mind. It was a bit of a stressful work day and this evening I was visited by these lovely little bluebirds. I was sneaking out the back door to try to get a little better photo and was just going…

Walk in the Woods

“In the woods we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life – no disgrace, no calamity, which nature cannot repair.” by Ralph Waldo Emerson Last week, even though it is around 1000 degrees here in Texas we decided to take a little walk on the trails near…