Dostadning … death cleaning You may have heard of the new book “The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning”. We actually had no idea this was a “thing”, until after we started doing it. As told in this blog, we started with the wild idea of leaving my job, simplifying, and moving to the beach……
T -126 Days: Rocky Horror Michigan
Rocky Horror… Michigan There we were at a party in a house somewhere near Holland Michigan in the early 80’s on a cold, winter Saturday night. Off in one corner was our little group… my co-workers Mark and Kevin, a woman I cannot remember, my wife and I… and a woman named Squeaky. We called…
T -127 Days: Merry Christmas
Christmas Day… our last in Iowa. Wherever you are in the world, Merry Christmas!
T -128 Days: Little Drummer Boy
If you have never seen this video, here is a special gift. If you have seen it before, it is still special enough to watch dozens of times. Merry Christmas!
T -129 Days: Winning
What is winning? How do you define it in your life? This used to be on the bumper of my neighbor’s truck in St Louis. Not so popular to admit out loud now, but true all the same in our culture. And actually, not just our modern western culture. Remember these words? “I tell you…
T -130 Days: Oregon versus Michigan
Lake Michigan water temperature is now down to 36 degrees. Things are going to start getting interesting in the next few weeks as ice begins to form and build along the shore. The photos will appear from my daughter as it happens. The coming of winter has my mind wandering back to our years living…
T -131 Days: Bad Advice
Is it any wonder that financial planners will tell you to keep working? It’s right in their title. Truth in advertising. Save more, work longer, plan and plan some more, leave a big estate. Worry about what happens if you live till you are 90, or 100. Work till you are 60? No, work till…
T -132 Days: Still no power
I am embarrassed. I was talking to a co-worker in Puerto Rico… she still doesn’t have power. The hurricanes were months ago. I had assumed power had been restored. Maybe not in remote areas, but certainly where she lives. I was wrong. Then I googled … a million people still without power. A million of…
T -133 Days: And you will lose your mind
“There’s no time to lose”, I heard her say Catch your dreams before they slip away Dying all the time Lose your dreams and you will lose your mind Ain’t life unkind? — Keith Richards I have carried that song within me most of my life… mournful, yet still hopeful. Put me in the “better…
T -134 Days: 37 years of stuff
My main job is getting through the next 133 days at work, which some days seems like forever, and other days seems to speed along. April 30th is my last day. May 1st, is this blog’s countdown… arrival at our new home in Michigan. My wife’s main job has been sorting, donating, giving away 37…