In my retirement I'm finding myself busier than I'd expected. It was definitely an adjustment not having a place to go every day. In the beginning I was still getting up at my regular time of 6:45am. I got into the habit of going downstairs making breakfast, reading the NY Times on my iPad and then wondering what I would do at 9am! Initially I had a lot of things to organize in terms of changing emails, banking, continuation of benefits, etc. But after that high energy lift I found myself a bit out of sorts. I realized one of the things I missed about going to work everyday was interacting with the people. Without the work environment, that element was missing. I had one freelance job back in May for a healthcare management company, AVOCA, but otherwise didn't have much to do. So, I started making lunch dates and getting back to my TV roots by volunteering as a Director at Channel 34, the local Montclair Cable station. One of the shows we're doing is a music show called No Cover, featuring my friend Gail Prusslin interviewing both local and nationally known musicians talking about and playing their music. I also put together a video for a non-profit, Succeed2gether. I'm working out and even playing tennis again after about a 10-year layoff, visiting some former colleagues, one of whom is in California, and have a speaking engagement at exl Pharma in December. Also tweeting more, posting on Facebook, and I suppose I should be blogging more! I'm just worried about getting TOO busy. Life is never simple.
Montclair, NJ
October 15, 2013
May 29, 2011
December 29, 2010
Jewish Christmas
Well, no Chinese food - we went to a party instead, but did see a GREAT movie - The King's Speech. With Colin Firth and Jeffrey Rush turning in phenomenal performances. Yesterday it started to snow like crazy - probably about 2 feet in Montclair, NJ. Don't remember getting so much accumulation in years. So spent a cozy evening inside, making a fire, making s'more's (just can't get that chocolate to melt right!) and watching Fargo, which was great movie to watch on a snowy evening. Pretty much snowed in today. Did some shovelling, but didn't do much good. But Rosie, our Portuguese Water (Snow?) Dog, seemed to love it. Our boxer mix, not so much!
July 13, 2010
May 08, 2010
My Backyard
No, this isn't a World War I reenactment. We had to dig up the backyard to reinstall an electrical
and gas line, and this was the result. One of the dogs fell in the trench once, but then learned to stay away!
April 26, 2010
February 26, 2010
September 30, 2009
July 22, 2009
December 19, 2008
El Kabong - Mass Romantic
For those of you clamoring to hear my band, El Kabong again (I know, the sound is deafening), here is a cut from our latest album! Actually, it's from compilation disk from an organization of which are a part, Parents Who Rock. That means parents who participate in some adult-erated version of playing in a rock band, and it has nothing to do with rocking chairs. Parents Who Rock is a non-profit which helps fund really worthwhile community projects such as the All-Children's Playground, Mountainside Hospital Breast Cancer Education Center and the Montclair Rape Crisis Center, all in Montclair, NJ
Rob
This is my personal blog. I live in Montclair, NJ with my wife and 2 dogs.
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