The Great Christmas Debate Every year, right after the last pumpkin gets dumped in the compost, Beth-Rose starts in with the Christmas cheer. She’s a… Read More »The Pause Before the Lights: A Remembrance Day Reflection
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A friend of mine recently told me, with a grin wider than a lottery winner’s, that he’d finally retired. He’s 77. After many years past… Read More »What Retirement Looks Like to Me: Finding My Own Path
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by a guy who thought retirement came with a beach and a drink, not a dance recital and a Disney + subscription Once upon a… Read More »My Retirement Vision Board vs. My Actual Life
I never set out to write a book about retiring overseas. In fact, I never really imagined writing a book at all. At least not… Read More »Retiring Overseas; Cheaper Than Therapy, So I Wrote a Book
This is an update to a post I published in 2023 It’s been a while since our country sent soldiers off to foreign lands to… Read More »Why Remembrance Day Matters in 2024
