Are you a hunter-gatherer or farmer, filled with joy, or fear? Willing to fight, or hiding in your castle keep? photo by author / Point Iroquois Lighthouse Retired. Hell no! I claim myself a freedom fighter against the tyranny of corporate work-hell. I was victorious the day I turned 60 and walked out the door….
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Feb 26th: Freedom Fighter
Photo by Author The server smiled and asked, “What do you do?” My answer these days is, “I am a freedom fighter.” She tried again, “I mean… where do you work?” She politely chuckled when I told her the world is my domain now. And that in my last battle, I defeated the kingdom of…
Dec 14th: A blustery, beautiful day… and a covid booster tale
Yes, most days we still visit our stunning freshwater inland sea. Ever changing. Always alluring. I just can’t imagine living in a place where you can’t venture to an awesome sea every single day… talking to you Iowa! I read a few different pieces on best places to live in the USA for 2021. Iowa…
Nov 1st: Four years in!
Wow how time flies! It started with a colossal decision. Quit the job I had grown to hate. Sell our house and move to the beach. So how is life four years after? Absolutely fantastic! Four full years of happiness. Every. Single. Day. I know, probably hard to imagine. Hard to believe. And yet it…
June 2nd: A Box of Rocks
Beauty and a box of rocks. It was an afterthought. We had our design choices…. big and small… almost all locked down at our design meeting back last September. We only had the shower floor tile yet to go. Our designer said, “What about these rocks?” “We can make a floor out of these?” “Sure,…
April 21st: Getting outside, even with today’s snow
The average person spends two hours and 24 minutes per day on social media. Stunning, at least to me. Then add in general computer time. And television time. Not a healthy picture. How much time do you spend enjoying life outdoors every day? Maybe try spending 2 hours and 24 minutes out in nature… for…
March 16th: Windows 21
No, not a new Microsoft product. Something much better… for us. We have windows! After looking thru them we quickly realized a number of fir trees planted out back is a necessity. Need to repopulate and have a sea of green looking out our Michigan room. Still glad we didn’t build across the street on…
Feb 23rd: First wood
So it begins.
Feb 9th: Suddenly, winter!
Thus it begins. A foot and an half of snow, lots of it lake effect. More snow on the way. The ice just starting to arrive. With frigid temperatures for the next two weeks, we should see ice mountains, ice volcanoes and all sort of other cool formations. While in other parts of the country…
Dec 21st: Day Zero
A hot (for coastal Michigan) day in mid-August, we put our initial deposit down for our new home. Four full months ago. And it is still Day Zero for us. Ground breaking is expected tomorrow. Then another eight months to our projected closing date. From start to finish, twelve full months to build a new…