Tag Archives: lifestyle

The (Three Dimensional) Image of a Being

Posted on March 31, 2014 by The Retiring Sort

For millennia, man has been creating sculpted, carved, and cast representations of people and animals. No matter where in the world you go, you will find statues. These pieces were made for various reasons, but many of them are designed to … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipes, Travelogues | Tagged Hawaii, lifestyle, Montreal, photography, Rodin, Statues, Weekly Travel Theme | 8 Comments

Beautiful Gardens, Elusive Dreams

Posted on March 16, 2014 by The Retiring Sort

OK, I confess. I had a sort of nerdy childhood. The heroes I hungrily read about were composers, artists, writers, kings and queens. My mother was particularly fascinated by Henry VIII and his family, the Tudors. She told us stories … Continue reading →

Posted in Photo Challenges, Recreation, Travelogues | Tagged Gardens, Hampton Court, Henry VIII, lifestyle, photos, Tudors, Weekly Travel Theme | 12 Comments

Temptation and Sacrifice

Posted on March 10, 2014 by The Retiring Sort

For years, our friends bought calendars, boy scout light bulbs and popcorn, school music program candy bars, and any number of other tempting and whimsical things from our children and grandchildren when they were fundraising. Girl Scout cookies are my … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith, Giving Back, Ruminations | Tagged Diet, Girl Scout cookies, God's Will, lifestyle, Sacrifice, Temptation, Weekly Travel Theme | 7 Comments

Ancient, Abandoned, and Repurposed

Posted on March 2, 2014 by The Retiring Sort

I’m not always a fan of the way we design new words in English. It’s sometimes a little grating, for example, when we make nouns into verbs. But one of those expressions has caught my eye quite a bit in … Continue reading →

Posted in Photo Challenges, Retirement itself, Ruminations | Tagged Abandoned, aging, Ancient, lifestyle, Re-Purposed, Sense of purpose, Usefulness | 37 Comments

The Object of our Fascination

Posted on February 3, 2014 by The Retiring Sort

On our 2011 trip with the Delaware River Sojourn, we stopped in Easton, PA. Our chosen evening activity was a trip to the The Nurture Nature Center there. The Center teaches through a variety of displays and programs, and focuses largely on … Continue reading →

Posted in Giving Back, Photo Challenges | Tagged Delaware River, Easton PA, ecology, environment, lifestyle, Nurture Nature Center, Object, photography, photos, postaday | 14 Comments

Travel Theme: Wood

Posted on January 26, 2014 by The Retiring Sort

I don’t have to travel far to find images of wood… one of my beloved’s hobbies is wood working. In fact, one of the most daunting “gotta have’s” in our search for a retirement home was an adequate woodshop. Here … Continue reading →