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Daily Life in Covid Lockdown
While realizing we're blessed, we're nonetheless hoping to find ways to insure the years remaining in our retirement are enjoyable and fulfilling.
The Retirement Decision
For us, the decision to retire was less of an event and more of a twenty-year process of exploration. Read about our journey from abject fear to near euphoria.
Big Move: A COVID Escape
We weren't happy about putting our life on hold while the world finds a cure for COVID, so we've purchased a little piece of heaven to enjoy now.
Our Complicated Life
While a "simplified life" might be the goal, ours is anything but, at this point. Hear how we got where we are, and how we plan to fix it.
Our Future in a COVID World
There's no way we're going to allow ourselves to look back on this period with regret or bitterness that our retirement was ruined or our vitality was squandered.
The Tiny House Revolution
We don't live "tiny," but we can't help but be impressed by folks who do. We sincerely hope to meet, interview, and learn from people in the lifestyle.
Finally Selling our Palazzo
It's been a great coach that's given us wonderful memories, but it's time for a second bathroom, a full sized bed, and a dishwasher!
Remodeling rather than Replacing
We seriously considered moving up to a larger, more comfortable motorhome but decided to instead improve the coach we already have.
Off on our Full Time Adventure
After almost two years of planning, preparation, waiting, and hoping, our house is sold, our belongings are pared, and headed out.
Everyday Life and Living
Is Work Compatible with Retirement?
As with any marriage or partnership, compatibility does not come without compromise, and no where is this more true than when combining work and retirement.
The Origins of Simplification
I was exploring the concept of living smaller and more simply decades before it was fashionable. Here's the story of my original book on the subject.
Introducing Bruiser
After six years with the Palazzo, we sold the coach to a wonderful couple and purchased a beautiful, new 2022 Entegra Aspire 44B for our new home.
Lucy is Short for Lucifer
I’m been remiss in my effort to give folks a sense of our lives by failing to talk more our dog, Lucy, though she doesn't see herself as either "ours," a "dog."
Does it Snow in Paradise?
I guess so, since Eastern Tennessee is paradise, we live there, and it did indeed snow here this week. We discuss how it's different, however.
Extract Junk, Inject Living