On Being Retired … Things I Think I Now Know About Retirement (Part 3)
by The “Operational Truths”… According To the Retiree … Continued! I suppose the financial piece that I just covered is the most intuitively obvious operational aspect …
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On Being Retired … Things I Think I Now Know About Retirement (Part 2)
The “Operational Truths”… According To the Retiree 🙂 Having wrapped up the intangible “People” aspects of retirement, it’s time to move on to some of …
On Being Retired … Things I Think I Now Know About Retirement
In a couple of weeks, I will have been retired for 12 years. Those 12 years have been filled with many rich, interesting, and exciting …
Mariposa Folk Festival, 60+ Years… All Because of Four Amazing Women!
Summer is over, the kids or grandchildren are back in school, the retired amongst us are planning winter getaways, here at “Yikes! I’m Retired … …
A Tale of Two Protests… and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
This article started out as a series of four posts about the “Freedom” event in Ottawa that I offered up on my personal Facebook page …
The Heroes of the Pandemic… Smart, Professional Women!
So, you know what this article is going to be about. But, before I begin, I do have to go on a bit of a …
Being Retired in the Pandemic … It’s the Best!
If you think about it, the best position to be in during this ongoing pandemic is to be… retired. Yes, there are lots of bad …
The Love-Goddess … She Went Through a Wall For Me
When a bundle of magazines, which included an image of the Love-goddess on the cover (the image I am using for this piece) and a …
COVID-19 … The $300 OAS Gift, What to Do with It
The Love-goddess and I are each going to receive $300 … tax-free! This is going to be life changing!! OK, that’s not true. In reality, …
Black Lives Matter … How I “Learned” Not to be a Racist or Prejudiced
It has been two weeks since George Floyd was murdered by a police officer. Since that time people have taken to the streets all over …