Today is a travel day, so lots of time to sit and think.

I woke up and skimmed the news, and while there’s plenty to write about, I just can’t. The infinite levels of corruption oozing from Trump and his family. A feckless Congress trying to pillage Medicaid and cut taxes on the super-rich. Idiotic on-again, off-again tariffs that roil the market and create enemies. The US “organization” called ICE quickly becoming the secret police, the Gesptapo, and being used to intimidate US citizens. It’s all just too much.

So I think I’ll focus on the positive. As of yesterday I’ve successfully extricated myself from employment – my clients have been informed of my departure and they’re OK with it. Unsurprising. So I can now go back to retired life and get back to travel, photography, family, and creative writing. As I’ve said before in these essays, I didn’t know how good I had it when I said “…sure, I’ll do that project. I’ve been a little bored anyway.” What a maroon, in the wise words of Bugs Bunny. Work life is a *big* sacrifice, particularly of one’s time, and time is the most precious resource we have. Even more so for a person in my demographic.

Here’s to getting my time back and enjoying it. Cheers!