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Monthly Archives: June 2015

Solo House Projects: Pavers and Gazebos
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June 29, 2015 by Jean

One of the challenges in living alone is completing house projects that require physical strength and/or more than two hands. …
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Category: home ownership, Living, Maine | Tags: house projects, living alone, living in Maine
Retirement Time
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June 22, 2015 by Jean

Retirement seems to present a paradox about time. Those who are looking forward to retirement often imagine the luxury of …
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Category: Aging, Living, Time/Activities | Tags: aging, retirement, time utilization
Cooking for One
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June 14, 2015 by Jean

For me, one of the joys of retirement is having time to cook. I know many single people who dislike …
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Category: health, Living, Maine | Tags: CSA, Lewiston (Maine) Farmers' Market, living alone, local food, localharvest.org
Performance Anxieties
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June 8, 2015 by Jean

Last week, my 11-week singing workshop, sponsored by the Portland Public Library under a Creative Aging grant, ended with a …
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Category: Living, Time/Activities | Tags: choral singing, creative aging, Portland Public Library, Sirius Singers
50th Reunion
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June 3, 2015 by Jean

I’m just home from a long weekend in southern New England, visiting family and friends and attending my 50th high …
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Category: Aging, Social relationships | Tags: Bishop Feehan High School, class reunions, social life, social relationships

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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