“People like a show when they like the background. When they want to be in that place” – Jerry Seinfeld I can relate. Part of the magic of Magnum, P.I. was the location. Regardless of the episode, there was always this background buzz of pleasantness while watching. For an hour at a time one could…
Month: October 2017
T -183 Days: Writing muscle
Time to address one of the “why’s”. Why the countdown, why write something every day? One of the reasons is tied to my goal of being a writer. I am seeking career change, not retirement. Will writing ever pay the bills? Probably not, but that is not a requirement. Dues have been paid, we can…
T -184 Days: Where?
Over this dune, lies our first choice for a new home. Well, more accurately, over this dune, up and down, up and down other dunes… and then finally, about a mile away lies our first choice. It is a quiet, wooded apartment community linked to the lake by challenging (for us) dune trails. A 15…
T -185 Days: Slow
When we drove to Michigan on Wednesday, we noticed that in the Indiana construction zone hell, they had set up an express lane on the left. With the concrete barriers on both sides, only one chance to get on it… and one chance to get off… and it went on for many miles. We didn’t…
T -186 Days: Financial sense
I hadn’t slept, or at least slept well, for a week. First it was the nasty virus. Then, it has been my mind spinning, playing life out in my head. Even when change is good, even when you control the change, it activates the mind. When the day turns into night, and life quiets down,…
T -187 Days: Snow fence, sand fence
Snow fence going up at several of the beaches right ahead of winter. We visited beaches today and did some home hunting. Fun fact: the dune system stretching from Indiana all the way to just south of the Mackinac Bridge are the largest and most extensive freshwater dunes in the world… and created in just…
T -188 Days: visit
Arrived in Michigan today, had a pleasant surprise… for the price… the Best Western Beacon Inn is excellent. It has been many years since staying at a Best Western, so far they are earning a five-star trip advisor review. Dinner at Old Boy’s Brewhouse in Spring Lake. The tourists are long gone, the locals are…
T -189 Days: Home hunting
Back to Michigan in the morning! Home hunting we go. We have four places to investigate so far. One a short walk to the beach and boardwalk. Another a very short distance to the beach, but up and down a large sand dune. And two more, further from the beach but very new. It will…
T -190 Days: Why not to own a home
With a nasty virus today, I will leave it to James Altucher to pinch hit for me. This question has been asked by a few friends who are reading my updates, “Why are you going to rent instead of buying again in Michigan?” https://jamesaltucher.com/2011/03/why-i-am-never-going-to-own-a-home-again/
T -191 Days: Our way home
You and I have memories Longer than the road that stretches out ahead Two of us wearing raincoats Standing solo In the sun You and me chasing paper Getting nowhere On our way back home We’re on our way home We’re on our way home We’re going home —Paul Mccartney, John Lennon In a way,…