“At every phase in your life, look at your options. Please, do not select boring ones.” Barbara Hillary, who shared that bit of advice for New School graduates in 2007, selected anything but boring options. As the first black woman to reach both the North and South poles, Ms. Hillary accomplished both feats in her 70s after deciding as a retired nurse that she wanted a little adventure in her life. She died on November 23, 2019 at the age of 88. In other notable deaths, Clive

Day 3 of my sentence. Or sentences. Several consecutive life terms. I’m not sure what is harder. Raising children or learning how to play golf. No, I do know. Learning golf. I can throw a football, kick a ball, water-ski, play spike-ball, play volleyball, soccer etc. And I’m probably a little better than average at all. Not elite. Remember, I didn’t get the elite sports gene. But golf is a whole other ball game all together. And yes I play hockey but that would be slightly be

August 2021 in Review Retirement, Crypto, Exercise! August 2021 Performance TSX 1.6% Year-To-Date 20.2% S&P 500 3% Year-To-Date 21.6% MSCI World 3.7% Year-To-Date 17% Gold 0.0% Year-To-Date -4.1% Silver -6.0 % Year-To-Date -9.1% How much money do you need to retire? Realizing that they may end up retiring earlier than they

Day 2. The journey to enlightenment continues. Whose enlightenment is yet to be seen. I’m sitting at the ‘cafe’ table in our cottage gazing out at the lake. Beautiful day. But no one to share it with. I seem to like that strange combination of time alone and sociability. Prior to covid I used to think I was an introvert but having been locked in for the better part of a year and a half I quickly learned I’m a social animal. I do need to get home, be alone and regenerate but o

My brother’s girlfriend said I should write a book. My grade 12 english teacher just cringed. I remember her asking us in class one day if we read and what. I quickly responded with westerns, Louis L’amour. She moved on quickly. Jody referenced my reading of the economist and suggested 750 words a day for 30 days. This is day one. I’m not quite sure what I’m supposed to have in mind as I write this, is there a goal? An audience in mind? I believe her words were just a brain d