How to fill time in retirement

 Yesterday, I finished the non-fiction book Robert Frost a life by Jay Parini. Growing up in Middlebury Vermont, we heard lots of stories about Frost and his life and visits to the area. Although he died in 1963 when I was only six, the influence of his poetry has inspired me my whole life. Before I talk about the book, which happens to be my 36th book of the year, reaching my goal, I want to mention a few things. First, there is a great Nature Trail located off of route 125 in Ripton Vermont. I have stopped and taken many pictures along this trail through the woods of Vermont wilderness. There are usually lots of flowers and plants, a running river, birds and butterflies, and just beautiful Vermont skies. Across from the Nature walk, there is a small picnic area that has a bathroom, or should I say an heated outhouse. Did you know that Robert Frost was born in San Francisco California in 1874? There are multiple trails to follow and they have a map at the entrance to the trails. T...

 My goal for books to read in 2024 was 36. I have hit 35 in November so I should make it. BTW, I am halfway through a Non-fiction book. Last year I read War and Peace by Tolstoy, and earlier this year I read Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky. I figured it was time to get Back in the USSR and read another Russian-author book from the bucket list. Here are my latest read books, number 31 to 35. OOPS!: The Worst Blunders of All Time (#31) Written by David P Barash; Published in 2023 I found this non-fiction book at Eau Gallie Library. It had some interesting facts and I did learn some new information, but I felt a lot of it was just hot air. Also, a lot of the stories I had read before so I just skimmed through those. My blunder was probably reading it. I give the book a 2.0 (Good). Calculating God (#32) Written by Robert J Sawyer; Published in 2000 Another book that my cousin Keith brought to me to read. The book was a memorable read until it got to the end, not so happy with how...

 Digital Hoarding XIII Slowly I am reviewing my hoard of digitally saved files. I am quire eclectic and sometimes I do keep weird things. But not as weird as the lyrics to this Beatle's song:  Well, you should see Polythene Pam She's so good-looking but she looks like a man Well, you should see her in drag dressed in her polythene bag Yes, you should see Polythene Pam Yeah, yeah, yeah And the second verse is even weirder, thankfully it was the end of the song.  Get a dose of her in jackboots and kilt She's killer-diller when she's dressed to the hilt She's the kind of a girl that makes the "News of the World" Yes, you could say she was attractively built Yeah, yeah, yeah So onward to my latest collection...  Photography They call this "Snowliage". When the fall foliage meets the winter snow...(Grabbed from Facebook) The next photo is Brandon Vermont in 1908. Might be from a postcard (Grabbed from Facebook) When I moved to Florida in 1979, this ha...

 It's been a while since my last post but not much has happened to write about. Every Little Thing I do, I do to fill my stomach with food or alcohol. My food dining bucket list has kind of fell from the forefront of my thoughts. I have been trying to better my eating habits and that includes drinking, to stay healthy enough to live for a while longer. I am rethinking my 2025 goal to be not so "New place" centric but to be more "enjoy many different places." Although I like trying new places, I also like to go back to my favorites. First, new places. My friends Beth and Don Ferris invited me to a Speakeasy, located in EGAD (Eau Gallie Art District). They had been a few times so I met them and Don's brother David there this past Sunday. They had friends Joe and Phoebe joining us. It is not a restaurant but a fancy bar, loosely disguised as a Library. You enter into a room, a small library, and you have to find on the shelf a book and bring it to the libraria...