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Learning a New Language in My Seventies
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August 20, 2019 by Jean

I’ve never considered myself very good at learning languages. I learned Quebecois French in elementary school, but when I tried …
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Category: Intellectual activity, Time/Activities | Tags: Babbel, choral singing, German language, intellectual stimulation, lifelong learning, Maine Music Society Chorale
March Madness (Non-Basketball Version)
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March 30, 2018 by Jean

I am finally coming up for air after my own version of March Madness (which had nothing to do with …
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Category: Living, Maine, Time/Activities | Tags: choral singing, Maine Music Society Chorale, Maine Senior Colleges, McLaughlin Garden, time utilization
Making Holiday Music
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December 16, 2017 by Jean

Last weekend was my choral group’s annual holiday concert. We sang two performances, one on Saturday evening and the other …
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Category: Maine, Time/Activities | Tags: Chanukah, choral singing, Christmas, John Corrie, Klezmer, Lisa Mayer, Maine Music Society Chorale, Peter Paul and Mary, Sruli and Lisa, Sruli Dresdner
Old Dogs and New Tricks
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July 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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Category: Aging, Intellectual activity, Living, Time/Activities | Tags: choral singing, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, intellectual stimulation, living in Maine, Maine Humanities Council, Maine Music Society Chorale, Maine Senior Colleges, Master Gardener Volunteers, McLaughlin Garden, Portland Public Library, time utilization, volunteer work
Not What I Expected
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March 27, 2017 by Jean

Regular readers may have noticed that I’ve been A.W.O.L. from this blog in recent weeks. The reason is that all …
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Category: Living, Maine, Time/Activities | Tags: choral singing, intellectual stimulation, living in Maine, Maine Music Society Chorale, McLaughlin Garden, senior college, time utilization
New Year’s Check-Up: Wellbeing
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January 16, 2017 by Jean

In my last post, I focused on evaluating my use of time and money as I begin my third year …
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Category: health, Living, Social relationships | Tags: choral singing, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, friendship, intellectual stimulation, Maine Music Society Chorale, Maine Senior Colleges, Master Gardener Volunteers, relaxation, retirement, stress management, well-being
New Year’s Check-Up: Money and Time
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January 3, 2017 by Jean

When I retired in 2014, I didn’t have any doubts about doing so. I did have some anxieties, however, about …
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Category: Retirement finances, Time/Activities | Tags: choral singing, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, intellectual stimulation, Maine Music Society Chorale, Maine Senior Colleges, Master Gardener Volunteers, retirement, retirement finances, retirement savings, time utilization, volunteer work
Christmas Music
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December 20, 2016 by Jean

I think Christmas music may be one of those things you either love or hate. Recently, one of my nieces …
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Category: Living, Time/Activities | Tags: choral singing, Christmas, Christmas music, Colby College, Gendron Franco Center, James Bassi, Libby Larsen, Maine Music Society, Maine Music Society Chorale, Peter Re
A Busy Season
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September 12, 2016 by Jean

I’m not quite sure what happened to August. One day I blinked and it was September. And September brings the …
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Category: garden, home ownership, Intellectual activity, Living, Time/Activities | Tags: choral singing, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, garden, Maine Music Society Chorale, Maine Senior Colleges, retirement, senior college, time utilization
Botany and Beethoven
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March 3, 2016 by Jean

March is my month of intense commitment to, as one acquaintance put it, “Botany and Beethoven.” Both these activities are …
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Category: garden, Maine, Time/Activities | Tags: choral singing, intellectual stimulation, Maine Music Society Chorale, Master Gardener Volunteers, MOFGA, 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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