Did you have a simple time in your life? Where anything was possible. You were free, unencumbered by worry and fear? Living in the moment? Passionate, loving and finding your own path? Can you regain your hippie soul? Author’s daughter (with ink) and a friend at Electric Forest Music Festival Was this the time? Perhaps…
Category: Freedom; the escape
Freedom: How we sold our house, gave away our possessions, quit job and moved to the beach in Michigan
May 18th: Best Place to Live in America
Small Towns + Water for the Win! If you are in your twenties, maybe a huge city suits you best? But what if you are older, with a family to raise, or even older? Where is a great place to live? Photo by author / Downtown Grand Haven, Michigan Beware of lists! We have all…
May 12th: The Joy of Ozempic
From a Type 2 Diabetic You have seen the articles, the commercials, the celebrities gushing, and the warnings. Here is my experience. Perhaps different from what you know so far. Why Ozempic? I am a Type 2 Diabetic. It snuck up on me, because of my own denials. Doctors warned me of “pre-diabetes”. No worries,…
April 25th: A House and a Condo had a Baby
55 and older? Maybe this would work for you? We sold our last house, gave away our belongings and moved to an apartment on the beach. Embraced minimalism. A beautiful new complex of young people. We had just turned 60. Life was good… but we wanted something even better. Maybe what we found would interest…
Sept 19th: No matter where you are
You almost always have a wondrous chance to watch a sunset. I had a friend today post photos of his Iowa sunset tonight. It was beautiful. Yes, even in Iowa! He took the time to watch it, and record the experience. Sunsets are magical. Most anywhere you are. All you need to do is make…
Aug 31st: When is the last time you have had a day like this?
A perfect do nothing day. Most people have no idea how to live like this, but we have perfected it. An hour of cycling, lunch, sunny beach, a sunset beach, and a channel run. My Terratrike Rambler is getting a solid workout most every morning. The weather is perfect. Low 70’s and a breeze makes…
Aug 23rd: Trees
Majesty to our left and to our right, but a void directly behind our home. A hole in our sight line that needed help. Fir trees asked for help. Another row planted this spring. Soon, we will have a forever green wall, blocking out everything beyond our yard. Norway spruce, planted just in front of…
Aug 21st: I Just Ride…
I been out on that open road… Is it the path, the sights soaked in? Or the wide open way ahead? The solace, only momentarily interrupted by a fellow traveler. Or the heart pumping in tune to the legs, at one with the wheeled machine? Regardless, the pleasure was pure. An hour a day. Faster…
July 24th: One room complete
Crazy days. Vastly underestimated the work required for this move and the creation of our vision of a modern coastal condo. Missed by a long, long ways. As a result, I completely stopped writing till now. No blog, no Medium articles, no book progress. So here we are closing in on 30 days… with one…
May 1st: Twenty-three windows
“Why don’t we just call Budget Blinds and have them quote window treatments for our condo?” I asked my wife. “That’s a lot of windows, the cost would be enormous,” my wise wife replied. We had previously had Budget Blinds put some roller shades in the apartment we have occupied the past three years. Spent…