Buon Giorno! When I was eleven years old, I bought an Italian Dictionary. While other kids that age bought comic books and toys, my desire was to learn how to speak Italian. This was because I fell in love with Dean Martin (to this day!) and wanted to be ready to speak to…
Meet Tina T. Jerry’s wife. A retired school teacher who had a hard time letting go of her love of teaching and the children she taught. As her husband’s medical condition got worse, her children and other family members surrounded her with love and encouragement to retire and remove the stress of work…
Listen to the podcast Meet Jerry T. He has dementia and other medical issues. Jerry’s career was in the food business. Representing several companies, Jerry was on the road selling products from Europe and the Middle East. His family and close friends began seeing signs of his confusion and forgetfulness several years ago. …
My mother was just out of surgery and my sister, Tina and I were hovering about. My brother-in-law left to go pick up dad – we had him stay home during the procedure due to his own health issues. When they arrived, Tina and I stepped back to make room for dad to…
Food plays a huge role in the Greek culture. What you eat tells me who you are – and we are definitely a combination of Gyros and the All-American Burgers! Greek cuisine, among the best in the world, is labor intensive; the shopping, the cutting, the slicing, the chopping, the sautéing, the stirring,…
Hellas = Greece. This is the official name of our birthplace. The name Greece comes from the ancients who called it Graikos and then adapted by the Romans into Graecia. It is the land of the Hellenic people, of the Hellenistic period and the philosophy of Hellenism. Hellas, Helen, Helene ( Eleni in…
As I try to stay busy exploring what retirement will be for me…and for Zaf, a moment of realization on how old I am is when I keep scrolling down (way down!) to pick the year of my birth when filling out an online form…yikes! Some days I feel it, other days I’m…
Introducing: Retire-Agers™! Why don’t we have a better word for people who have lived five decades or more? We are called senior citizens, old people, mature adults, old-timers, the elderly, the aging population, old-farts, geezers, etc. And, while all of them may be true (or not!), they are depressing, negative and in some…
2021 – Save the Retirement Date! Yes, we retired but… We don’t want to have a do-nothing retirement. It doesn’t sound like much fun. We just want to get rid of the daily responsibility of work, maintaining a big house, fighting traffic and the like. When all of this goes away, we will…
Explorers were the first travelers. The most daring and adventurous set out to discover new lands, new people, new experiences. They created the routes that allow us to touch the world. Zaf and I are following in their footsteps. There was always a sense of wanderlust for me, even as a child. I…
