How to fill time in retirement

 I only read six books in the first quarter of 2023 so I had to read more in the second quarter to get back on track for my yearly goal of 36 books. Last year my goal was 30 and I read 38, so I upped the limit this year. Ten books so far in the current quarter has gotten me back on track. I have decided to show all the books in a table (you know how much I love data and spreadsheets). Interestingly, of the ten books I did read, five of the books I gave a Grade of 3.0 (Great), and the other five I gave a grade of 2.5 (Good to Great). Also, five of the books were works of fiction and five were non-fiction. It looks like I really am an eclectic reader. The book Notes on a Wet Cocktail Napkin by Rusty Fischer was just published in 2023. I bought the book at Rusty's Seafood and Oyster Bar in Port Canaveral. I even got the author Rusty to sign it for me. I moved to Brevard in 1979, and Bernard's Surf and Rusty's have been important to Cocoa Beach and the Port, but also the site ...

 This is my Aunt Eliza, I just received these photos from my cousin Keith Willis (actually a second cousin). He also brought me some postcards to add to my collection. Keith's Mom Ruth, who lived into her 90s, was the first cousin of my Dad Harold. Ruth's Mom was Eliza and Harold's Mom was Lois, younger sister to Aunt Eliza. This is a nice portrait of Aunt Eliza, maybe from high school. Eliza Ann Orvis was born on 26 Feb 1887 in Vermont, daughter of James Hervey Orvis and Jennie Sargent. She married Walter John Hogbin and they had two children, William (1921) and Ruth (1923). Eliza died in the 1980s when she was in her 90s. She is buried in Bristol Vermont. While Eliza was the 2nd oldest of six kids, Lois (my grandmother) was the 2nd youngest. Lois Marjorie Orvis was born on 1 Nov 1894. She also died in the 1980s and was in her 90s. Looks like I have plenty of longevity in my Orvis genes. Other Orvis siblings include Martha (1885), Carroll (1891), Hazel (1892) and Esther (1...

 Earlier in the month I started sharing again some digital files I have hoarded. Here are the one I have collected from the last post in early May, and the ones I saved in November and December of 2022. The first two are old Black & White photos. The first is of a guy playing a banjo. Do you recognize him? FYI, that would be Jerry Garcia, lead singer of the Grateful Dead. The second is of actress Lynne Frederick, she was married to Peter Sellers and very pretty. In November, we were hit by Hurricane Nicole and I collected this photo of some damage in Cocoa Beach. The 4th Street Fillin' Station is a popular restaurant that was converted on the site of a gas (filling) station. The canopy that use to cover the gas pumps came down. I like the place and it is located on the corner of 4th Street and A1A. In December, someone recognized that Florida and the Grinch looked the same... We had two hurricanes that hit us in 2022 and it was very similar to the ones that hit in 2004. I lost ...