A repost from 2019 – Change is in the works


This was my post seven years ago today, it just seemed fitting to repost it today, from Paris. COVID delayed our plans to move to France by a couple of years. January 1994 at the Holiday Inn in Racine, Wisconsin to May 2, 2019 at this Best Western in Silverdale, Washington – 26 years, five…

Off to the south of France


After a few weeks at home we are off again, this time to the south of France. The weather was wet for a few days then it got quite hot. My new studio and paints got a bit of a work out. Jimmy Buffett died on the first of September, quite a shock to me…

Dad, Tricia’s retirement, moving to France – 2022


For many years I have followed Jimmy Buffett’s musical advice regarding New Years resolutions, “Yes, I’ll make a resolution/ That I’ll never make another one…” Yet that does not prevent a bit of reflecting on the past and glancing down the road ahead. As 2022 begins I am reminded that with the passing of my…

Project management – retirement style


Retirement is a lot of work, well at least if part of the plan is to sell most everything you own and move to France – there are a lot of details. For 25+ years I traveled the world teaching time management, organization, and project management. Not for big, complicated projects like the ones my…