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72 and a hubby…

March 21st, 2014 · Comments Off on 72 and a hubby… · 100 Days Project, family, Musings, retirement, Work

It occurred to me today that my hubby – and spouses — all have to do some adjusting to the other one’s retirement and change of schedule.  Seems obvious, but it had simply not occurred to me.  My hubby has been an entrepreneur and works out of the house for most of the forty years […]

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73 and counting…

March 20th, 2014 · Comments Off on 73 and counting… · 100 Days Project, Books, Musings, Reading, retirement, Site Seeing, Teaching & Learning, time, travel, Work

How did I get from 83 to 73?  Easy!  First, somehow I mis-counted by a few days, but more importantly, I took a break.  I went on a Spring Break trip!  Another “last,” I suppose.   I understand in retirement time runs a bit differently.  But, for this semester, I’m still on an academic calendar and […]

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84 and the rhythm of time

March 11th, 2014 · Comments Off on 84 and the rhythm of time · 100 Days Project, College students, family, Musings, retirement, time, Work

Today I felt a little of the reality of the time I will have to manage when I am retired.  It’s been a hard start to my last semester; with unending snow storms, and school closings and all that effects in terms of supervising student teachers. But, this morning I completed the first round of […]

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85 days and a phone

March 10th, 2014 · Comments Off on 85 days and a phone · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, Musings, retirement, Teaching & Learning, Work

Memo: I have not phoned it in. Today I went to the All College Meeting.  It likely occurs at other colleges as well, but once a month, many of the faculty and staff gather for an hour at lunch in our lecture hall.  The President fills us in on current economic news (as we are […]

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86 days

March 9th, 2014 · Comments Off on 86 days · 100 Days Project, Important People, Musings, Quote of the Week, retirement, time, Work

“We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.” ? T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets

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