October 11--In Search of Lee Mellon
It's been a while, but you still look marvelous!
I've been retired for about five months now, and am settling in to it nicely. I did a bunch of work for the nursing program at the beginning of their semester--helping to get the students going and training my replacement. I'm all done with that now, and moving on to other things.
We were supposed to be in the middle of a month-long road trip up through Montana and Wyoming about now, but one of our cats has cancer, so we are sticking closer to home.
Chocko seems to feel fine at the moment, and is her usual self, except that she seems to be spending a lot more time around one or the other of us.
We took a short trip this past week down to the Monterey and Big Sur area to celebrate Malida's birthday. The weather was perfect--it is starting to feel like fall now. We saw all sorts of marine mammals--dolphins, otters, seals, sea lions, and plenty of birds. I haven't downloaded my pictures yet, so only iPhone shots for now.
The Big Sur coast.
I was prompted to return here by both a nudge from Crooked Finger, and some thoughts I have been having about some sort of writing project. I haven't quite decided on how this writing project will play out, but I have some ideas, and this is the perfect place to try them out. We shall see.
For now, I am healthy, happy, and at peace. I've spent a good part of the past five months regaining my physical and mental health after what was a brutal year. I walk every day, and listen to books. I participated in a 5K walk a few weeks ago, and finished in 164th place. I set down my camera for a while, and am not quite ready to pick it up again, but I am sure I will.
I've been retired for about five months now, and am settling in to it nicely. I did a bunch of work for the nursing program at the beginning of their semester--helping to get the students going and training my replacement. I'm all done with that now, and moving on to other things.
We were supposed to be in the middle of a month-long road trip up through Montana and Wyoming about now, but one of our cats has cancer, so we are sticking closer to home.
Chocko seems to feel fine at the moment, and is her usual self, except that she seems to be spending a lot more time around one or the other of us.
We took a short trip this past week down to the Monterey and Big Sur area to celebrate Malida's birthday. The weather was perfect--it is starting to feel like fall now. We saw all sorts of marine mammals--dolphins, otters, seals, sea lions, and plenty of birds. I haven't downloaded my pictures yet, so only iPhone shots for now.
The Big Sur coast.
I was prompted to return here by both a nudge from Crooked Finger, and some thoughts I have been having about some sort of writing project. I haven't quite decided on how this writing project will play out, but I have some ideas, and this is the perfect place to try them out. We shall see.
For now, I am healthy, happy, and at peace. I've spent a good part of the past five months regaining my physical and mental health after what was a brutal year. I walk every day, and listen to books. I participated in a 5K walk a few weeks ago, and finished in 164th place. I set down my camera for a while, and am not quite ready to pick it up again, but I am sure I will.