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Monthly Archives: February 2016

Retirement, Leisure and Quality of Life
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February 25, 2016 by Jean

Our understanding of retirement is bound up with our understanding of leisure. The dream of retirement is the dream of …
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Category: Retirement transition, sociology of retirement, Time/Activities | Tags: leisure, quality of life in retirement, retirement, Robert A. Stebbins, senior college, sociology of retirement, The Idea of Leisure, time utilization, volunteer work
Deja Vu
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February 17, 2016 by Jean

I’m not a big television viewer. I’m not willing to pay for cable channels that I never watch, and because …
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Category: politics, Time/Activities | Tags: Alan Alda, Alexander Hamilton, Jimmy Smits, Martin Sheen, Medicare, Portland Public Library, Social Security Act of 1935, television, The West Wing, US politics
Mental Gardening
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February 5, 2016 by Jean

Dreary winter days are a great time to get out into the garden of the imagination while remaining warm and …
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Category: garden, home ownership, Time/Activities | Tags: garden design, gardening, house projects, Portland Public Library, time utilization
Looking for the Goldilocks Zone
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February 1, 2016 by Jean

The “Goldilocks Zone” is a term scientists sometimes use to describe the earth’s place in our solar system – not …
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Category: Living, Time/Activities | Tags: choral singing, Maine Music Society, Maine Senior Colleges, Master Gardener, retirement, time utilization, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, volunteer work

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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