"The real luxuries of life:
time
health
a quiet mind
slow morning
ability to travel
rest without guilt
a good night's sleep
calm and "boring" days
meaningful conversations
home cooked meals
people you love
people who love you back"
I came across this on Reddit. It pretty much describes my life, except for perhaps the home cooked meals. Don't do a lot of cooking, but do eat at home, I guess.
More to the point, this pretty much describes being retired. Heh. At least as long as we're healthy.
It suddenly struck me yesterday how rich Central Oregon is with bookstores. Deschutes County has a little over 200K people and is fairly isolated. In this county alone, we have:
Pegasus Books
Dudleys
Roundabout
Underground
Big Story
Sunriver Books
Paulina Springs
Herringbone
B & N
(I hope I didn't miss any...)
It all kind of crept up on me. When B & N came to town, we had three indie bookstores, all of which went out of business shortly thereafter. Paulina Springs existed, I believe, and probably Sunriver Books. But this growth has been continuous ever since.
Pretty cool.
