I am happy to announce that I have begun a new chapter in my life. A very apropos designation for my opening months of Retirement.
Chapter One: get Medicare and Social Security on track, plus continue with my regular volunteer "jobs".
Volunteering as a musician in the Boyertown Alumni Marching Unit and Concert Ensemble and volunteering for that group as co-Music Librarian and as Patron Committee Chair (well, I AM the Patron Committee - it's just me, myself, & I in that committee). These few items have taken up the majority of my life during the first quarter of the year. Chapter One is essentially complete.
Chapter Two: begin to do the things I haven't really had time to do while working more than full time at a public library.
These include writing (poetry, prose, letters, & my blog, etc.), photography, and painting. So far, I have been collecting and collating my poetry, prose, and photos into a book. Yes, I am finally working on a volume of my Words & Art. I have amazed myself when looking through my various notebooks and computer files to choose which works I will include - there are so many!
I will try to post some sample pages here in my Blog, but it depends on what file formats are allowed. Some of the photos, poems, and prose have previously been published in this very Blog. Most of the prose has definitely come from here, but I have changed or edited them a bit over time, this way they are more up to date or have had corrections made.
Eventually, I hope to have this book published.
Chapter Three will involve working on my painting.
I hope to have some of my art available for sale later this year. I also hope to have some of my work entered in Juried Art Shows.
I have ambitions.
I think these ambitions are another form of - WORK!
Sample Pages from bk WordArt by mARTa
Please click the above link to get an idea of the book I am working on. There are seven sample pages posted on my LinkedIn page. I would appreciate it if anyone or someone would let me know what they think.
And so, Onward into this new Lifestyle!
