Retirement Rocks

As my old mate Erasmus once said...."In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King." Actually what he said was..... "...

As the temp hits 85F/29.4c outside and a rather too warm 82F/28c inside, it's time to close the doors and windows and turn on the air co...

I've noticed a bit of "doom and gloom" creeping into my posts of late and I'm not 'aving it. No, no, no. I'm in su...

In the past, I've jokingly called Florida God's Waiting Room and as such, Buttonwood Bay would be positioned very near the door. ...

If you read my previous post, you'll know I've just started reading " The Hobbit. " But from the opening line, I've ha...

I'm a modern kinda guy. Love new tech stuff and all that. Can't afford most of it, but love it all the same. When ebooks came alon...

My dad was born on January 16th, 1912 which makes today his 100th birthday. Happy birthday dad.....wherever you may be ! I say that because ...

Despite it being 'owned' by France, I've suddenly become very fond of a small island in the Indian Ocean called Reunion. It...

Well I woke up this morning........... (Sing the rest of the various songs that start with those words if you like but I'm just stating ...

Yesterday, for the want of anything better to do, I decided to bike into town. Now I like biking as it gets me around the park quicker than ...

No that's not a typo in the header.........today's post is about me being in the 'grove' and not in the 'groove' but...

With only 7 blog posts in December, some people tell me I should post more often. I'm sure some also think I should post less often but...

Blimey it's only January 3rd and it seems like 2012 has been here for ages. I'm sure it's all due to the weather. Again. On Sund...

I'm going for the sympathy 'votes' today but doubt I'll get any. Here in (normally) hot and sunny Buttonwood Bay in Florida,...

Mutter, mutter, splutter, splutter. Well it may be the season of goodwill but that isn't stopping me needing to vent - but I'll try ...

I used to want to be an astronaut. Not a cosmonaut. Their rockets always looked well dodgy to me. Like they'd been put together by th...

T'was the Monday before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a gator. Seems to be missing a bit ...

For the last 11 years, each winter I've swapped snow showers, freezing temps and 7 hours a day of gloom for palm trees, swimming pools a...