Recently retired after 35 years at the same place of employment, it occurred to me I no longer had anyone to bounce my point of view off of; I had only my wife to talk to and now, after nearly six months into said retirement, she has “encouraged” me to start a blog as a way to share my “pearls of wisdom”.  I strongly suspect an ulterior motive but, nonetheless, here it is.

Now you may ask: with the internet so clogged with opinions already, why do this?  Well, my answer would be: hey, one more couldn’t hurt!  Besides, my wife agrees with me on this one and who could argue when your wife agrees with you on anything?  (Again, an ulterior motive?).

So, please bear with me as I enter into a new area of my life and join in!  As my brother-in-law stated when I was seeking his advice regarding retiring “come on in, the water is fine!”, I now offer you the same advice with one caveat: “come on in and swim with the sharks”.