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Back in the Fall of 2019, I decided to embark on a quest to do something new every month in the year leading up to my 60th birthday. It was a great idea, and one that I’ve been committed to sticking with now that the birthday is five months behind me. But in the midstContinue reading “This is definitely not what I had in mind.”

Now that November is almost over, it’s time to end the “official” celebration and plan for the coming decade! But first, a review of the final few days of the vacation… The last two stops on the trip were Florence, Alabama, and Franklin, Tennessee. In addition to visiting with friends in both locations, I wantedContinue reading “In review… it was a great birthday vacation!”

Going great, folks! Hit the Natchez Trace Tuesday morning and made several stops along the way to do a little hiking and see the sites. I’m going to have to do a post just on the trip driving the Trace later. So many pictures! So nice to tromp around in the woods again! Stopped offContinue reading “A quick check-in”

Yesterday was the big day: I’m finally 60! Doesn’t seem possible that I’m now officially in the “60 and over” age bracket, but there it is. So far, so good. The celebration actually started earlier than expected when my staff gifted me with an early present of chocolate, glasses, and peanut butter whiskey! Seriously, IContinue reading “Day 1: The Adventure Begins”

This Year of Being 59 has not been what I’ve planned. But it has been memorable. While I’ve missed out on a few trips and a planned reunion with some public health friends, I’ve also had some wonderful experiences and tried a lot of new things. I mean, I flew a plane for heaven’s sake!Continue reading “Stuff, stuff, and more stuff”

The “thing” I’ve been hinting about happened this month! After 35 years in one house and almost 60 years in one town, Mom packed up, picked up, and moved to Missouri to be closer to my brother and his family. I’ve spent extra time with her this summer, helping her go through things and packContinue reading “Moving on…”

June and July: Where did you go? When I made the pledge to spend the year having new experiences, I swear this wasn’t what I had in mind. The Days of Rona are not my fault. I promise! I’ve been racking my brain the last couple of months to figure out something “new” I couldContinue reading “This and that but not much new.”

Y’all, I did a THING today! I flew a damn airplane! Okay, so we weren’t really at 30,000 feet and it was a little Cessna, not a jet screaming through the sky. But still, it was a plane and I flew it! Count my new thing for May in the books and awesome! I loveContinue reading “There I was, at 30,000 feet…”

My pledge to have at least one new experience every month during this year did NOT originally include living through a pandemic. But you know what they say about plans. Since returning from the trip to Colorado in mid-March I have been stuck at home, working remotely and hoping for a swift end to theContinue reading “Not exactly the “new” I had in mind…”

When I said “new experiences” were the norm for this year, I really didn’t intend for one of those experiences to be a pandemic. So sorry, folks! Let’s take a break from that and think about a few more pleasant things. A long-awaited trip to see my cousin in Breckenridge was the highlight of theContinue reading “March on!”