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Retirement Communities
13July 18, 2017 by Jean
Several months ago, I began to think seriously about what I will do when the hassles and physical work involved …
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Old Dogs and New Tricks
9July 4, 2017 by Jean
For most of my life, I assumed that our ability to learn new things declines dramatically as we age, as …
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How Busy Am I?
10June 23, 2017 by Jean
Recently, several friends and family members have commented about how busy I am. It is true that I have a …
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Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
12May 31, 2017 by Jean
For several months now, I’ve been trapped on an email mailing list for the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC); they …
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Marches and Musicals
6May 2, 2017 by Jean
This past weekend, I stepped outside my comfort zone to participate in two events. The first was the People’s Climate …
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Town Meetings
4April 27, 2017 by Jean
The reading I’ve been doing to try to understand the fall Presidential election has given me a new understanding of …
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Pleasure and Joy
19April 4, 2017 by Jean
I am generally a happy person. I attribute this to having lucked out in the personality sweepstakes, where I was …
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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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