Writing

In retirement I wanted to walk more.
And now I’m walking at the same level as a few years ago.
And more each month.

In retirement I wanted to take classes.
I took Point Set Topology in the spring
I’m registered for Number Systems and Functions of Real Variables for this term.
In the future the classes may not be math classes – but there will be classes.

In retirement I wanted to read more – or kind of restart reading.
Not super impressive, but I’ve read a few books this year. Metabolical: The Lure and Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine. The Battle Nearer to Home; The Persistence of School Segregation in New York City. The King of Fish – The Thousand-Year Run of Salmon. Child Prisoner in American Concentration Camps, The History of Mathematics – a Very Short Introduction. A Brighter Choice – Building a Just School in an Unequal City. Draft #4 – on the Writing Process. The Last Witnesses – An Oral History of the Children of World War II. I’ve also read parts of The Counterrevolution of 1776. Up in the Old Hotel. Math Girls. Hitler’s Empire. Postwar. I’m probably missing a few. And I’m 3/4s done with The Tarim Mummies.
This is becoming once again a habit…

In retirement I wanted to get involved with Retiree Advocate.
So I did.
And I’ll keep it up.

In retirement I wanted to hike more.
Big hikes have been steady, maybe rose a little. Foot problems in the fall slowed me, but I’m trying to put some distance between me and tendinitis. And little hikes… I’ve now been to both Van Cortlandt Park and the NY Botanical Gardens a gajillion times each as a retiree.
And I will keep that up.

In retirement I wanted to travel.
It’s been more road trips (Maine, Virginia, North Country of New York) than airplane things (plus two cruises. Seriously). But it’s a start.
And it’s definitely increasing.

In retirement I wanted to continue to do math with kids.
I just finished a math summer camp (Yay!) with rising 7th graders (Yay! Exhausting! Yay!) –
And I have a line on once a week work for the fall. I’ll keep this going.

In retirement I wanted to get healthier.
Hiking and walking I mentioned. BP down. Weight, too. Eating much better.
Definitely going to keep this up.

But…

But if I have enough control to make this set of adjustments and changes, why can’t I write more regularly on this blog? Fred just kind of asked me this… And I ask myself constantly. And Fred also answered for himself. Each morning he goes downstairs to his studio, makes some art, and bangs out a post. Why can’t I do the same thing?

And I am not. I am inconsistent. And July I only posted once.

I do have material, and I have some wide-ranging choices. I do mostly NYC schools/ and union. I do teaching. Math puzzles. Some of my personal stuff. Some politics. So if one area gets jammed up, instead of not writing, I should just switch to another.

So here goes. Regular posts. Starting today.
I just started.
I will commit to keeping it up.