For those of you thinking this will be about pretty women at breweries you are incorrect. The babes referred to here are those of the...

A new round of medical billing errors following a recent procedure that required several phone calls to straighten out, reminded me of...

When our local brewery – Ashton Brewing – closed at the end of December all of us regulars had the same question for each other: “where...

It’s been just over 5 years since I retired and time sure has flown by. Here is my first post as a potential reference for those of you...

I touched on this topic in “Hangin’ With the Band” but wanted to delve a little deeper into how the wisdom of age can benefit us if we...

Bringing this post back due to the current political climate as we barrel into chaos with this country drifting in a sea of division....

Our latest, and likely last, trip to Islamorada was a lot of fun, with perfect weather the entire time. Changes to the property by the...

Almost 2 months into Trump’s return to the throne, and Elon’s ascension to master of “disruption” (an unelected bureaucrat running a new...

A former co-worker had the following as part of her email signature: “I connect the dots; how can I help you”. It was a unique way of...

It’s funny how as we age those conversations around health and medical procedures that were so uncomfortable in our younger years are now...

After getting on a streak of several successful omelets in a row, I was reminded of this post from mid-2021 during the Covid lockdown....

I keep a pretty solid workout routine most of the time. Lifting weights three days a week and riding my bike three days a week (indoor...

For 9 weeks in the fall of last year I attended production classes at our local community television station -...

Note: This post is a sarcastic take on the next 4 years. It is not  meant as serious political commentary. I hope the next 4 years...

With the new year upon us I am re-issuing this post about retirement being a new beginning. May the new year bring good health and much happiness your way.          A recent conversation with a friend at her nieces’ graduation party (one from college, the other from high school) provided the opportunity for me to show her that retirement is not an end but a chance to begin again and reinvent yourself. As we talked, she said she was looking forward to retiring – eventually – b

I can’t believe this is my 5th year-end post. Time sure has flown by since I escaped the corporate hamster wheel. Covid took most of the first 2 years but even those sped past me. It is certainly true that the older we get the faster time passes – and it makes sense since as we age, each year is a smaller portion of our whole life. It’s been yet another crazy year with some super highs and super lows. Thankfully more highs than lows, but throw in the election cycle and elect

With ratings, hits, and views being more important than worthwhile or accurate content, we are bombarded with “news” that is twisted to fit the core audience of whatever platform it’s on. Even once-reliably-objective sources have drifted to the right or left - a little further each year. And the advent of X, TikTok and a myriad of other platforms has enabled more precisely targeted messaging to ever more closed-minded audiences who take every post as the truth no matter how o

Those of you who have been following my blog know that I completed my quest to get to all 50 states back in 2017, visiting Oregon with my wife. As a surprise on that trip, she enrolled me in the All 50 States Club - https://allfiftyclub.com/ - which held its inaugural convention in early September in Franklin, TN a little south of Nashville.        I headed down a couple of days early to do some site-seeing in the area. Not being the honkey-tonk type, I opted to head directl

It is with great sadness but many thanks that I write this post about our local brewery closing at the end of the year - https://www.ashtonbrewing.com/        Opening just as Covid shut the country down was a huge hurdle to jump. Many regulars from the previous brewery at this location placed our orders online and queued up in our vehicles to pick up six packs and cases daily as we wanted to ensure the brewery’s success. We didn’t know it then, but we were starting to form th

Please remember those who served and sacrificed for our country, on this Veterans Day. A salute and thank you to all our veterans.               I wrote volume 1 of this post back in early November 2020 and revised it when Trump lost the election (yes, he really did). It is with great shock but little surprise that I write this updated version.     ----------------------- This is an opinion post that you may or may not agree with, but it’s something I’ve been feeling for se