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Gardening Pains
I love to work in my garden. Now that the weather is turning, it's time to start planning what to plant and where. But first, I've had to clean out the flower beds, removing debris and removing roots and stems from annuals that grew out of control last year. That...
“Rocky and Bullwinkle”: The Moose and Squirrel Create an Intergenerational Connection
I stopped watching cartoons when I was about 11. That changed a couple of years later when I first saw “The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends”. I don’t know whether the typical cartoon audience, young children, ever “got” Rocky and Bullwinkle, but I sure did. It wasn’t like...
Golfing
Unlike many other parts of the country, the COVID-19 pandemic wasn't that restrictive where we live in Southern Utah. We were not quarantined at any time, just reminded to social distance, wear our masks and avoid anyone who may have symptoms of the virus. We have taken those precautions and...
Inspiring Life of the Month: DeeAnn
Welcome to Inspiring Life of the Month – a new blog series from FAR that celebrates borrowers unlocking extraordinary lives in retirement. Each month, we’ll dive deep within our great community and profile the lives, careers, and unique adventures of inspiring borrowers that are living-out retirement to the fullest. This...
Old Dogs, “New Tricks”
My wife and I were perusing Netflix and Amazon Prime for something to watch when we came across “New Tricks” on Amazon. The show, which aired on BBC (and later on public broadcasting in the US) is about three retired male policemen who are older adults, and their younger boss,...
Dame Maggie Smith is Still Acting Up
"Dame" in Great Britain is the female equivalent of "Sir" as in a person who has been knighted. So, if the great octogenarian actress Maggie Smith were male, he'd be Sir Maggie Smith. Anyway, that's my rabbit hole for this blog. Dame Maggie Smith turned 62 in 1997, so that's...
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