Yesterday I received another batch of Christmas catalogs in the mail which means (Ta-DA!) it’s almost Halloween! Today when I stepped into Wally World, I was confronted with a large display featuring reindeer and a sleigh full of colorfully wrapped boxes. Must be time for the Great Pumpkin. Actually, since the end of September, my neighborhood has been gearing up. The house around the corner has a yard full of fake tombstones (which actually complement the dirt and weeds). Across the street they’ve hung white gauze “ghosts” from the tree and the people next door put orange lights in every window and a motion-activated skeleton that jumps and shrieks when someone walks past. The house on the other side has a display of carved pumpkins and a large rubber rat that makes horrible choking and gagging sounds. Jolly good fun! When did Halloween develop into this elaborate holiday? And how much does all… Read More »
Please don’t make me retire!
Have you ever met one of those people who says, “I don’t want to retire. I don’t know what I’d do with myself!” I think this happens more with men than women. Men, perhaps, have their identities wrapped up in what they do, as in: “I’d like you to meet my husband Fred. He’s an engineer…” Women don’t do that so much. I was thinking this morning as I crawled back in bed after I let the cats out, how many times over the years I had thought, “oh, if I could just go back to bed for 10 minutes!” And of course, now that I’m retired, I can. (Although seldom do — but I can!) Of course, there is the down-side to retirement. Money, for starters. Yes, you’re going to be living on a smaller income. On the other hand, you’re not going to be commuting to the office… Read More »
