Category Archives: Retirement

Who. Are. You?

Lughnasa and the Lughansa Moon Saturday gratefuls: Yet more rain. Cool nights and mornings. A not so bad day for Kate. Derek. Shrimp and gnocchi. Re-reading Jennie’s Dead. Urge to paint coming back. Tom and his focus for our Sunday … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Anoka County, Art and Culture, Asia, Bees, Beyond the Boundaries, Colorado, Commentary on Religion, Commentary on the news, Coronavirus, Denver, Dogs, Faith and Spirituality, Family, Feelings, Friends, Garden, GeekWorld, Great Wheel, Great Work, Health, Humanities, Jefferson County, Judaism, Latin, Literature, Media, Memories, Minnesota, MOOCS, Mountains, Music, Myth and Story, Original Relation, Our Land and Home, Painting, permaculture, Plants, Politics, Reimagine. Reconstruct. Reenchant., Retirement, Shadow Mountain, Sierra Club, The Move, The West, Third Phase, Translating Metamorphoses, Travel, Weather +Climate, Woolly Mammoths, Writing | Leave a comment

Downsize?

Winter and the Future Moon Monday gratefuls: Ruth and Jon skiing. Gabe peeling potatoes. Kate getting Murdoch upstairs. The picker at King Sooper. Having Sunday free of workout. Cleaning off my table. Organizing and preserving my paintings. Kate paying the … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Anoka County, Art and Culture, Asia, Astrology, Bees, Cinema and Television, Colorado, Commentary on Religion, Cooking, Dogs, Dreams, Faith and Spirituality, Family, Feelings, Friends, Garden, GeekWorld, Great Wheel, Great Work, Health, Hebrew, Holidays, Humanities, Humor, Hydroponics, Judaism, Kabbalah, Latin, Letters, Literature, Media, Minnesota, MOOCS, Mountains, Music, Mussar, Myth and Story, News of the Strange, Our Land and Home, Painting, Park County, permaculture, Photography, Plants, Poetry, Politics, Reimagine. Reconstruct. Reenchant., Retirement, Science, Shadow Mountain, Sierra Club, Sport, Talmud, Tea, The West, Third Phase, Torah, Translating De Bello Gallico, Translating Metamorphoses, Travel, US History, Weather +Climate, World History, Writing | Leave a comment

The West

Samain and the Gratitude Moon Wednesday gratefuls: Seoah and her light presence as a guest, Murdoch again, the Grandmother Tree at CBE, the night drive up Brook Forest, then Black Mountain drives, the fox that crossed our path, the mule … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Anoka County, Beyond the Boundaries, Colorado, Family, Friends, Great Wheel, Health, Jefferson County, Judaism, Memories, Minnesota, Mountains, Myth and Story, Original Relation, Our Land and Home, Reimagine. Reconstruct. Reenchant., Retirement, Shadow Mountain, The Move, The West, Third Phase, Travel, US History | Leave a comment

Simcah

Winter                                                                              Waxing Moon Kate’s wanting to get out and not just visits to medical facilities. Her stamina has improved some, she’s eating more. She’s still in the 80-82 zone, but I’m looking forward to her cracking 83. Then up from … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Cooking, Faith and Spirituality, Family, Friends, Health, Judaism, Myth and Story, Reimagine. Reconstruct. Reenchant., Retirement, Shadow Mountain, Third Phase | Leave a comment

Let It Be

Winter                                                                        Waxing Moon Over to the second H-Mart with SeoAh yesterday. This one is smaller than the one in Aurora, but is much better organized. It’s more like a US supermarket though with very different stock. The Aurora H-Mart is … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Asia, Cooking, Family, Health, Our Land and Home, Retirement, Third Phase | Leave a comment

Not Your Norman Rockwell Thanksgiving. But, a good one anyhow.

Samain                                                                                  (full) Thanksgiving Moon (N.B. I love vintage images on the web. I’m including here some of the weird ones I found while checking out Thanksgiving.) We put out our best aluminum tins from Tony’s. Mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, sage … Continue reading →

Posted in Astrology, Cooking, Family, Great Wheel, Holidays, Mountains, Retirement, Shadow Mountain, Third Phase | Leave a comment

Resilience

Spring                                                                    New Shoulder Moon As one of Dr. Agronin’s youngest informants said, even when physical decline and losses restrict one’s options, there remains the capacity to appreciate and approach each day with a sense of purpose. “It’s all about how … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Faith and Spirituality, Family, Health, Jefferson County, Reimagine. Reconstruct. Reenchant., Retirement, Shadow Mountain, Third Phase | Leave a comment