How to fill time in retirement

 Some more pictures I have collected and stored into my hoard of digital files. Some of these were sent to me, but most were collected off the Internet. Places The first two photos are by Caleb Kenna who takes a lot of great drone photographs throughout Vermont with an emphasis on the Middlebury area where he lives. The first is a shot of Battell block in the center of Middlebury. The lower right corner was where Ski Haus use to be, my favorite store for buying ski equipment and accessories.  Main street goes off to the right and that is Merchant's Row where the cars are parked. The two red store fronts is where Dorias restaurant use to be, I was a part owner of that with Jim and Sharon. This Kenna drone shot is on the Middlebury College campus. The building being built is where my nephew Josh is currently working. It was just a foundation when I was there this past August, To the far right is the cemetery where my parents and Provoncha grandparents are buried. The building in fron

 It was a Thursday, April 25, and my niece Lori's husband James had posted this famous exchange from the movie Miss Congeniality . The pageant Emcee, played by William Shatner, was asking a contestant: Stan Fields : Miss Rhode Island, please describe your idea of a perfect date. Cheryl "Rhode Island" : That's a tough one. I'd have to say April 25th. Because it's not too hot, not too cold, all you need is a light jacket. Well, that post alone made me drop my day's chores list and see if it truly was a perfect date. About 9 AM, I headed out from home to buy a new pair of "flip-flops". My Rainbow pair was wearing out so I headed to Ron Jon's Surf Shop in Cocoa Beach. The perfect store to start my perfect date. I had seen an ad for the brand Olukai and checked them out, choosing the style Ohana - Dark Java. No photos as they were on my feet in the parking lot. Since I was this far North and I had my camera, I decided the perfect thing to do would

 Reading has continued in 2024 with five more books read. A book of short stories, a book of poetry, a guide to the Galaxy, a book of mystery and suspense, and a non-fiction book about BONK. Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger This book was published in 1953. This book has been on my shelf for a very long time. I think I may got it from my dad's collection after he died but I am not sure. I finally decided to read it.  It was a good read but most of the short stories were almost like glimpses of a scene from a bigger story, with no beginning or ending. I think because Salinger was the writer in the book I just read, Shoeless Joe , it made me want to see what he could do. I think I read The Catcher in the Rye in HS, so this is my second book by Salinger. I give the book a 2.0 (Good). Dearly by Margaret Atwood A new poetry book by Atwood published in 2020. This was a book recommended for me by Goodreads . I am a fan of her novels but this is the first poetry book I have read in a long tim