Julia Child and victim Source: Seattle Times For once I am actually ahead of schedule because I'm writing this annual post prior to the holiday. We all have our little rituals, and it's only in the last few years that mine included having to finish a blog post on Thanksgiving morning. But not this year, …
Author: snakesinthegrass2014
This is a blog ostensibly about my taking early retirement after a 30+ year career as a law librarian. Since starting the blog in November of 2014, I have expanded the original scope from financial issues (i.e. pension, social security, 401(k), divorce, alimony) to discussions of politics, current events, music, and mostly life's comical ironies.
I always try to return the focus to those serious issues that are germain to seniors, but my strong need for displays of irreverence and imbecility are often more dominant. So do join me as I encounter the highs, lows, pitfalls, and other challenges that will present themselves as we settle early into what I'm still told are the GOLDEN YEARS.
Your comments are not only welcomed but encouraged. Thanks for stopping by!
Open Season Roulette
Source: Healthy Aging Show It's perfectly fitting this week that I find myself with a whopper of a cold. The start of Open Season (sometimes called Open Enrollment) has begun for many Americans. This is the time when one needs to review his/her health insurance for the following year and make changes if needed. For …
A Little Less Than Perfect
A recent fortune cookie of mine How do you define perfect? Webster's Third New International Dictionary defines perfection in the following way: "The quality of state or of being finished: COMPLETION, WHOLENESS. The condition of having reached full development: MATURITY, RIPENESS... an unsurpassable degree of accuracy or excellence." Full development? Maturity? Oh, dear. Ripeness has …
Calling In Reinforcements!
Source: MSNBC Bylaw 1.7(a)(4-3) of this blog's charter states: “A topical post relevant to retirement must be published at least three times a year.” No matter how much I try to avoid that requirement, the home office always fires off nasty missiles on how late I am with yet another update on my retirement …
Under Surveillance
Source: Rearviewsafety.com Not to go all Prairie Home Companion on you, but it's been a busy few weeks here at Snakes in the Grass. So much so, that I'm starting to be a little concerned about the seven loyal readers who dutifully follow our adventures here. I want no impeachment articles to be levied against …
Hurricane Dorian: A Four Day Diary
Source: ABC News 9/1/2019 "I never even knew a Category 5 existed...People have never seen anything like that."-- President Trump, 2017 "Never heard about Category 5's before, a Category 5 is big stuff...A category 5 is something that, uh -- I don't know that I've even heard the term, other than I know it's there. …
The Core of it All
Source: Clker.com So what's in your core? Is it faith? Activism about the environment? Or are you the crunchy-granola type who's passionate about healthy diets? Whoever you are, you no doubt have core convictions on how to live your life. On that score, I say good on you. We're nothing without some strongly-held beliefs. But …
This Cannot Be Our New Normal
Three mass shootings in the U.S. over the last week; thirty five people are dead, all from a semi-automatic weapon. I won't bother you with any long diatribe. I already have Here. Too. Many. Times. Already. Earlier today I contacted the offices of my state's two U.S. senators and congressional representative. I could only get …
I Believe I Said, “SHALL WE GO TO DINNER NOW?!!!!!”
Source: Shakesville.com If you're not careful, having a spouse who's hard of hearing is sort of like being on a permanent first date. There are moments when you both stare at one another, one afraid to admit they can't hear you, and the other too polite to point it out. The key word here is …
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Hiatus Interruptus: “Go Back Where You Came From!”
Source: Becomenomad.com We are not the least bit amused. Even with having to sleep with one eye open on my hammock (those pesky alligators, you know), it's impossible to tune out all of the commotion during this fine, albeit sweltering July. The awful headlines easily found a way to invade my solitude. In my defense, …
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