Travel, Happiness and Simple Living During Retirement
By Marie Sherlock True confessions: I am a Francophile. While Americans are fond of denigrating the French, citing their haughty waiters, their enduring disdain for foreigners, and their apparent physical inability to pick up their dog droppings, I remain an admirer of nearly all-things-French. It likely started with my dear French-Canadian grandmother who spoke a…
By Marie Sherlock I come from a large extended family – many siblings, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins. Of late (I’m now 64), I typically see my cousins at funerals – the funerals of aunts and uncles. 🙁 Anyway, I was talking to one of my cousins at such a gathering a few years back….
By Marie Sherlock I’ve got to go on record, right now, and say that 48 hours is, most definitely, not enough time to experience San Juan Island, Washington. If you can, plan on staying a week – or more. Heck, consider retiring here. But if you only have two days to visit this namesake of…