Tag: retirement

I’m taking the week to write list poems of all the things I’ll do when I retire. They say we should never retire from something, but instead always to something. So I’ll retire to some work and some play, but I want to steer my own wheel and throw away the clock once I retire. Starting today, for five days, I’ll list ten things a day that I’ll do when I am officially off contract.

1. I’ll write into the day.
2. I’ll visit the library twice a week to check out new books.
3. I’ll read into the evening by the fire, dogs in my lap.
4. I’ll shop at the farmer’s market for fresh fruits and vegetables.
5. I’ll cook things fresh-grown and scrubbed clean.
6. I’ll take morning walks with the dogs, strolling instead of hurrying.
7. I’ll make pictures and put them on calendars and notecards.
8. I’ll pick wildflowers.
9. I’ll put the picked flowers in the flower press.
10. I’ll make bookmarks with my pressed flowers.