LORNA VERALDI

Posted on: Apr 09, 2025 at 1:22 PM

Happy Birthday, Jeanne! I hope spring has come to North Dakota in time for your celebration

Happy Birthday, Dave. I hope the day has found you well and happy.

Posted on: Mar 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM

Happy Birthday, Dick! This time of year, I always think back to spring days at McKinley, when the weather got nice enough for marbles and jacks on the playground after we returned from lunch and waited for the doors to open. It seems like we always had time to spare in those days. In retirement, I often wonder where the day goes. Hope today was a memorable one for you

Posted on: Mar 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM

Happy Birthday, Nancy! All best wishes for the year ahead

Posted on: Feb 05, 2025 at 6:24 AM

Happy belated Birthday, Bob! (For some reason, my first attempt appeared as a reply to Connie Dye.) Best wishes for the coming year. Hope to see you and Barb on one of my visits west.

Posted on: Jan 31, 2025 at 12:56 PM

Happy Birthday, my friend! All my best wishes for the year ahead

Posted on: Jan 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM

Happy Birthday, Kerry! Hope to see you on one of my visits to Billings one of these days. Meanwhile, best wishes for another good year!

Posted on: Jan 18, 2025 at 5:38 AM

On June 23, 2024, the New York Times published a special section called "What Does Retirement Really Mean?" It was a collection of short pieces written by retirees all over the country. By then, I had been retired for 2 years, so I thought it was something I should read, and threw it on the stack of things I should read. I finally got around to it yesterday, and I found this by Paul Matulic, who's 67 and lives in Washington, D.C., particularly poignant. I thought some of you might also find it of interest as we set off on another year. It's called "Soy Jubilado":

"First day of retirement, I took a walk in our neighborhood and went to buy a bottle of wine at the liquor store. Came home and said to my wife, 'There are a lot of bald and white-haired people out at this time of day.'

"Second day, I realized two things: 1. I am no longer professionally consequential; 2. I am free.

"If you are fortunate to be healthy and have a healthy family, you can appreciate the Spanish word for 'retirement': jubilacion. Jubilation! (One says 'Soy jubilado' for "I am retired': I am jubilated!) Ahead of you are adventures, sickness and death.

"Be jubilated. Once off the schedule, you realize that you now have a diminishing future, but an expanding present. Think of how you will inhabit that time: family, friends, travel (the concept of 'vacation' ends when you retire), growth.

"Unleash your curiosity in all directions. Dance to a trance band. Titrate the grim world around us and vow to encourage everyone you meet."

Jan, Happy Birthday! Best wishes for the coming year

Happy belated Birthday, Charlotte! Best wishes for the year to come

Happy belated Birthday, Karen. I hope all is well in Spokane and that you're still enjoying its outdoor spaces. All my best wishes for the coming year

Happy Belated Birthday, Dona! I hope summer's end finds your garden in full bloom, and the year ahead is full of good surprises

Posted on: Aug 23, 2024 at 7:10 AM

Happy Birthday, Bruce! Hope all is well in Texas. Best wishes for the year ahead