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James JOVANOVICH posted a message. New comment added.
Apr
12
Apr 12, 2025 at 7:38 AM

Posted on: Apr 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM

A belated happ;y birthday wish to you Jeanne! Have a great bunch of days from here on in!

LORNA VERALDI posted a message. New comment added.
Apr 12, 2025 at 7:36 AM

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

JOYCE HEIMBICHNER CASAUS posted a message. New comment added.
Apr
03
Apr 03, 2025 at 10:05 AM

Posted on: Apr 02, 2025 at 11:18 AM

Happy Birthday Ole neighbor! Hope you had a good day.

LORNA VERALDI posted a message.
Mar
28
Mar 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM

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

LORNA VERALDI posted a message. New comment added.
Mar 28, 2025 at 5:55 AM

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

LORNA VERALDI posted a message. New comment added.
Mar
23
Mar 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM

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

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

LORNA VERALDI posted a message. New comment added.
Feb
05
Feb 05, 2025 at 9:39 PM

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.

LORNA VERALDI posted a message on WILLIAM JACKSON's Profile. New comment added.
Feb
01
Feb 01, 2025 at 5:12 PM

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

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

LORNA VERALDI posted a message. New comment added.
Jan
29
Jan 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM

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!

LORNA VERALDI posted a message. New comment added.
Jan
20
Jan 20, 2025 at 4:54 AM

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."

LORNA VERALDI posted a message.
Jan
16
Jan 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM

Jan, Happy Birthday! Best wishes for the coming year

LORNA VERALDI posted a message.
Dec
01
Dec 01, 2024 at 9:42 AM

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

LORNA VERALDI posted a message.
Nov
18
Nov 18, 2024 at 7:09 AM

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

JOYCE HEIMBICHNER CASAUS posted a message. New comment added.
Oct
11
Oct 11, 2024 at 9:20 AM

Posted on: Oct 02, 2024 at 5:56 PM

Y
Happy late birthday. Hope you kicked up your heels and do a little dance!

LORNA VERALDI posted a message.
Sep
01
Sep 01, 2024 at 4:38 PM

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



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