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Looking Back, Looking Forward
6April 10, 2019 by Jean
Last month, I returned to my former workplace, Gettysburg College, for a weekend of activities to celebrate the 30th anniversary …
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Resisting Ageism Through Education
6March 12, 2019 by Jean
Although I am proud to be an educator, I’m not a person who feels that education is the solution to …
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Fire and Ice: My Winter Exercise Program
8March 4, 2019 by Jean
For most of my life, my preferred form of exercise has been walking. I got into the walking habit early. …
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Going to School Forever
14January 28, 2019 by Jean
During my college teaching career, I sometimes joked to students that college professors were people who were better at going …
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Winter Reading
7January 13, 2019 by Jean
I am a voracious reader and have been for pretty much all my life. I remember my weekly dilemma when …
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Snow Shoveling and Lavender: Pleasure in Small Moments
13December 31, 2018 by Jean
The older I get, the more convinced I become that the secret to happiness is finding pleasure in small moments. …
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Finding My Volunteer Niche
4December 11, 2018 by Jean
When I was planning for retirement, I always assumed that it would include volunteer activity, which I had difficulty finding …
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Stepping Into The Future
A Retirement Journal
I am Jean Potuchek, a professional sociologist who has just stepped into the next phase of my life, retirement, after more than thirty years of college teaching. This blog is about my experience of that new phase of life.
Please join me as I step into my future.
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