Senior Legal Services working for seniors in the community. It is important to me in retirement to continue to give back in meaningful ways by volunteering where I can now that I am retired. Senior Legal Services (“SLS”) is a joint program of the Bar Association of Baltimore City and the Baltimore Bar Foundation, Inc. It is a very small… Read More
Archives for December 2015
Mentoring Aisha – the quiet tower of strength.
How we met. Aisha was also a UMBC student. I met her almost 10 years ago during her sophomore year. We were introduced by a colleague who thought that she needed someone to connect with on campus and that I would be that person who could help her. I remember being struck by how she was very quiet and… Read More
I can’t stop moving – loving my fitness device!
My Confession Now, I have a confession to make. I am not often at home in the afternoon but one afternoon about two weeks ago, I was and I caught a little bit of the Dr. Oz show. The topic was the use of fitness devices and the current obsession people have with them. Yes, I am one of those… Read More
Life without a calendar – or not!
Learning to rule the calendar and not have it rule me. Recently I read a great article titled “The Calendar Free Retirement Life” written by Barbara Rady Kazdan. It was about the joy of being retired and not having to keep a calendar anymore. Heaven knows, before retirement I could not go to bed at night without checking my calendar… Read More
Retirement is the time to revisit old dreams.
Dreams can get lost but not forgotten. We all have dreams that we pursued when we were younger. You know, the dream of being President of the United States, or starting your own bakery, or playing the violin, or whatever. For whatever the reason, we made other decisions and left those dreams to follow another path. Sometimes we just lose… Read More