Ruminiations from Retirement

When we travel, we look for Hampton Inn hotels along the route.  They offer options for breakfast that fit our plant-based, whole food diet choice; oatmeal made without dairy, topped with nuts and dried fruit, grab and go apples, bananas and oranges, often also roasted potatoes, and sometimes fresh berries and chunked up melon!  If we have not had enough physical activity for the day, there are an exercise room and indoor swimming pool, and often a hot tub. (Usually, no one is in the hot tub or swimming pool, and at most one other person in the exercise room!)  The Hampton rooms have plenty of space to spread out, with a king or two queen beds. My neck so agrees with one of their several pillow options that I purchased one online for home.   Hotels offer a sense of privacy, a quiet refuge, an escape.  Once you enter the front door, you are in the fortress.  Vehicles and their noise are at a distance.  The carpeted hallways...

I like to write down my thoughts.  It used to be called journaling, but now seems to be called blogging, at least, that is, if you want to share your thoughts. When I looked up “journaling” in Google, I found: Journaling is   the practice of writing down your thoughts, feelings, and experiences in a designated space, like a notebook or digital platform.   It's a form of self-reflection that can enhance self-awareness, help manage emotions, and improve overall mental well-being . I also  found on Google  that “blogging” is: …the process of creating blog posts and publishing them on a website. The website can be owned by an individual or a company, and the posted content can be articles, photos or other digital media. Blogging often involves sharing long-form articles on a specific subject. Most blogs have a target audience, and bloggers often choose topics that interest their target audience. … So, it seems, journaling is about self-reflection, while bloggin...