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Monthly Archives: July 2016

Health: The Wildcard in Retirement
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July 22, 2016 by Jean

Recently I found myself marveling at what a good summer this has been. Maine has been having sparkling summer weather …
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Category: Aging, health | Tags: aging, garden, health and aging, retirement
Heat Waves and Garden Projects
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July 15, 2016 by Jean

Mid-summer is prime time for working on garden projects, but it is also the hottest part of the Maine summer. …
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Category: garden, Living, Maine, Time/Activities | Tags: garden, living in Maine, Maine summer, summer heat, time utilization
Summer Reading
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July 10, 2016 by Jean

It is possible that I have spent most of the waking hours of my life reading. I started reading early: …
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Category: Living, Reading, Time/Activities | Tags: Armand Gamache, books, Elizabeth George, Inspector Thomas Lynley, Louise Penny, murder mysteries, relaxation, Sergeant Barbara Havers, summer, time utilization
Summer Holidays
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July 4, 2016 by Jean

Nothing highlights the differences between the summers of my teaching years and the summers of my retirement years more than …
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Category: Living, Retirement transition, Time/Activities | Tags: emotional responses to retirement, finishing work, garden, retirement, teaching, time utilization

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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