How to fill time in retirement

 There was a SpaceX launch during the day and it was a sunny so I headed on a visit to Port Canaveral. Good Day Sunshine! Here are a few of the photographs I took on that day, Sunday, September 14, 2025. Even though I have a pass for Jetty Park at Port Canaveral, I usually get there early for a launch because parking can fill up. Arriving about two hours before launch, I had some time to waste. I spend it by taking a lot of pictures. One great subject I like are the cruise ships departing. I think they were leaving a little earlier than usual because of the 6:11 launch time. The ship leaving as I entered the park was the Disney Magic. It is bigger than a school bus. There was a dredging barge in the port channel. It was taking a break as the large ships passed by. I like to walk out to the fishing pier along the Jetty. There were more than just fishermen because of the launch. And it was a beautiful day. That is when I saw that a ship had already left. It looked like a Carnival shi...

  You've really got a hold on me . My 25th book was of this caliber. It took me almost the whole month to read. Thank God I read some short ones too. I am a little behind my goal of 40 books in 2025. Here are books 21 through 25. the stranger in the lifeboat (#21) Written by Mitch Albom; published in 2021; 288 pages; BJ Score 3.0 (Great) This was the author's seventh novel. It was a fast read for me, made me think about religion and other things. People are in a lifeboat and some pray to God who then appears in the boat and...you will have to read it. The Life of Chuck (#22) Written by Stephen King; published in 2025; 58 pages; BJ Score 3.0 (Great) This was a short novella by Stephen King, from his book called If It Bleeds.  I was actually looking in B&N for King's latest novel (see Book 20) and I saw this, of course I am going to read it. The Life of Chuck became a 2024 American fantasy drama film written and directed by Mike Flanagan. The film stars Tom Hiddleston, Ch...

  The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill  is the third cycle of my life which started in 1991 and went through 2008. In cycle 2, I played Buffalo Bill so I thought the title was appropriate. Here are some of the highlights from the third cycle of BJ's easy life. Since I was living at age one again for the third time, I decided I would try new things in my life that I have never done before. Here I am, at an ENSCO picnic, pouring my first beer from a keg. Okay, let's just say I never remember doing it before, because after 12 cups, I start to forget... In my second year, our west ski trip was to Jackson Hole Wyoming. That is Corbet's Couloir behind Jim, Galen and I. Picture taken by Ron, the fourth in our small group. Tom did not make that trip. My coworker Peter owned a sail boat and we would do day trips in the Indian River. This is the Dragon that use to be at the end of Merritt Island. Sadly, it is no longer there. Later in the year, Pater and I sailed the boat to the Bah...