This was one of those incredible early Autumn Iowa mornings with the sun shining and the temperature in the low 60’s F. Ordinarily, at this time of year on a Thursday morning I would be at the university teaching a class. Instead, Nike and I took a 2 mile walk into the woods and along the bicycle trail. It was a perfect moment to savor the day as a gift.
Some have told me that adjusting to retirement is a process… perhaps it is, but it feels real fine right now… I’ve had the great, good fortune to travel around the world during my life… not everywhere, nor to the really exotic, but I do not feel the need to make grand retirement gestures by traveling… walking the dog, playing guitar, taking photographs, reading, and cooking for Annette are the little treasures of life being well lived during retirement… It seems to good to be true…
Life, especially retired life is good!