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I am delighted to answer this question on Donna Connelly's wonderful blog, Retirement Reflections, as a guest blogger in her Sunday Series. Donna shares relevant insights on the often mystical world of retirement. Please visit her page and leave us a comment. Some Days in the Life of an Almost-Retired Person Original images in featured …
This is the time of year where we are all most vulnerable to online thieves and hackers. Olderhood.com posts some great articles focusing on the Boomer lifestyle!
Online Thieves Are Looking For You by Bob Lowry
The holiday shopping season has begun in earnest. Projections are a 10% increase in online sales over last year, which already set records. Unfortunately, that means a growing opportunity for those who want to separate you from your money, your online identity, or plant an infected piece of software on your computer.
I received information from Enigma Software Group, a company that markets anti-malware software. There were sobering statistics on the spike in growth of this dangerous phenomenon. The company also gave me some tips to pass along to help keep you safe. Be on high alert for:
1) Spam emails and links promising great deals. Malware makers know that people will be on the lookout for great prices on everything from Xboxes to phones. They’ll send bogus emails promising super low prices.
And those emails will contain links that can install malware…
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I am pleased to feature a fellow WordPress blogger Janis H. Her post first appeared on her website Retirementally Challenged. I encourage you to visit her blog! Take it away, Janis! Sometimes it seems like it’s been much less than two years since I was wrapping up my final weeks of employment and looking …
Continue reading Guest Post: Searching for Balance in Retirement
Divorce is never good. I put something into place 20 years ago this month…my separation and subsequent divorce. It has taken 20 years to pay this penance. I got married for the first time at the ripe old age of 20. My husband was 23. Not only were we kids, we were still attending college. …
Exactly one month ago, I retired from public service in recreation and parks, after 31 years. I shared several blog posts about my retirement experience, including a guest post on A Momma’s View. I thought this might be a good way to wind up my retirement series with a post from the daily prompt Enough Is …
"New" is the weekly photo challenge. This picture is of me in Hawaii at Waimea a few years ago. It was my first time visiting so I was a newbie. But, this photo also represents my vision for my newly retired self. More trips to Hawaii I always say! <a href="https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/new/">New</a>
It is 1:00 pm on Tuesday, December 16th. I have 4 working days left. I have packed up a few more things from my office. I have deleted REALLY OLD files and saved others on a shared drive. I have taken all my personal items down from the walls. It really feels like someone has …
Continue reading Perspectives On…Retirement, Part 3: Empty Work Spaces
A potpourri of books and things
This site focuses mainly on photography, but also discusses just about any topic.
Roaming, at home and abroad
Photographer
The Brain—is wider than the Sky
Drift among the scribbles of writer Janet Gogerty
"So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day." 2 Corinthians 4:16
sights of life from a passerby
Apps for any screen
A somewhat healthy obsession with photography
I hope that someone sees this page and decides not to give up...
Where the road leads to new adventures !
Grateful for the present moment
"I am at home among trees." -J.R.R. Tolkien
