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The Appeal and the Trap of Retirement

Posted by By Jim Bauman March 24, 2025Posted inBooks and CommentaryTags: Aging, Book Review, Retirement, Tove Jansson
Tove Jansson's book Sun City takes place in St. Petersburg, FL, a place I've had some dealings with through my parents' retirement there. It got me reminiscing and then thinking about my own retirement.
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Keep Going Or Jump Off

Posted by By Jim Bauman April 21, 2024Posted inLife and Living, Opinions and EditorialsTags: AI, Choices, Medium, Retirement, Writing
With the advent of artificial intelligence, Medium, the writers' collective is getting a lot of writers submitting articles using AI. This article explains why I don't use AI to do my writing for me.
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The Proverbial Fat Lady Is Still in Good Voice

Posted by By Jim Bauman October 16, 2023Posted inLife and LivingTags: Aging, Retirement, Staying Positive
Going from one later decade of life into another. Looking back, looking forward.
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Go North Old Man

Posted by By Jim Bauman May 10, 2023Posted inLife and LivingTags: Newfoundland, Relocating, Retirement, West Virginia
The story of how I came to be for a while, maybe not long enough, in Newfoundland.
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The Road Taken: Figuring out when, where, and why to turn

Posted by By Jim Bauman March 31, 2023Posted inLife and LivingTags: Cancer, Decisions, Old Age, Partners, Retirement
Decision points in life can come at you unexpectedly or you can plan for them. This piece relates some decisions of both kinds I made in my life.
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