Renaissance
: the period of European history between the
14th and 17th centuries when there was a new interest in science and in ancient
art and literature especially in Italy
: a situation
or period of time when there is a new interest in something
that has not been
popular in a long time
I thought
yesterday, not for the first time, that my guy and I definitely have this retirement thing
figured out. I’m midway in my third year away from teaching and he’s in his
fourth year away from his job. (Although it was hard to determine when he
actually quit, since as a consultant, his clients would still call even after
he was “retired.”)
I’m happy to say I
have absolutely no idea what’s going on at the high school where I taught for
over ten years. And I’ll edit the occasional cover letter for a nephew, but I
have no desire to keep my hand in by tutoring or teaching a night class.
We’ve both taken
up new endeavors. Yesterday we were both on the porch, I with my laptop and he
with his paintbrush.
I’m working on my
second book (yes, the other one is still festering somewhere in a dark corner
of an agent’s office) and after several other pretty darn successful paintings, he’s started his first big landscape.
(My money’s on him, by the way.)
This is exciting; I know both of you will cross the finish line.
ReplyDeleteAh, but when??
ReplyDeleteWow, good for you two. I want to try painting. I took a writing class with a bunch of loser teens at Community College. That was enough of that.
ReplyDeleteI was very lucky and found a delightful group at the museum in the city. (Granted, I have to pay :(
DeleteI also formed my own group for fiction writers (since the one at the museum is mostly memoir) at the library here in town.
Good for you both! Who has time to write or paint or sew with a full time job! I have enjoyed every minute since I retired. You both are so talented!
ReplyDeleteNot too sure about the talent - the products will determine that - but we sure are having fun.
ReplyDeleteNice going! redefining yourself and pursuing whole new interests. What a grand retirement idea.
ReplyDeleteHey, you're the best kind...a retired teacher! I've been retired for 17 years after teaching for 37 years. Retirement is great. I did miss the kids for a few years but I went on field trips with them.
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