Singapore, Michigan Ever heard of it? Founded in 1836, it no longer exists. Swallowed by the shifting sand dunes on the shores of Lake Michigan… a bit south of where we will live. When we originally lived in Holland, I had heard about this famous ghost town. It was used as an example of why…
Month: February 2018
T -83 Days: Tom Petty does freedom
Every now and then I get down to the end of the day I have to stop and ask myself why I’ve done it It just seems so useless to have to work so hard And nothin’ ever really seems to come from it But then she looks me in the eye and says “We’re…
T -84 Days: Photgraphers do Michigan
Another restroom conversation yesterday (since we don’t have an elevator). With a co-worker who has been occasionally thinking about retirement, but just can’t decide. I asked him what he has always wanted to do with his life. He talked about photography being a love. I said… move to Michigan! Ice volcanos or ice geysers, yet…
T -85 Days: Retire early
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2018/02/04/3-reasons-to-retire-as-early-as-you-can.aspx After all the fear mongering articles urging everyone to work till they die, it was nice to see one with a different point of view. My point of view.
T -86 Days: Dunes in Michigan
I look out and see flurries of snow being whipped between the trees of my backyard in Iowa. The Michigan summer seems far away. But it is just around the corner.
T -87 Days: George Orwell
George Orwell wrote… The great mass of human beings are not acutely selfish. After the age of about thirty they almost abandon the sense of being individuals at all — and live chiefly for others, or are simply smothered under drudgery. But there is also the minority of gifted, willful people who are determined to…
T -88 Days: Bold move
I told someone on the phone today of my plans. After a short silence he replied, “Wow, what a bold move!” I thought afterward… not so bold. What would be bold would be doing it at 30 years of age. Young married, with small children. That would be bold. But after further review, other words…
T -89 Days: Bruce Springsteen
Sometimes you have a day where you just leave work. Had enough. Jump in the car and fire up Bruce Springsteen’s “Darkness on the Edge of Town”. Almost wishing the drive home was longer, but satisfied because “Badlands” hits the emotional spot. Then you can smile as you walk into the house, double tap the…