The Sounds of Silence

Shifty

The silence here has been deafening. Big Dub -- show us a painting. Dr Go -- what's up in Dayton? I miss you guys.

Dr GO

I have been "semi" retired. I left my medical practice the end of May, and have been doing 2 months of home tasks, such as building a washer/dryer counter top for my wife, wainscoting our dining room, rebuilding concrete lawn sculptures, mulching 9 cubic yards of our home gardens, staining decks, power washing concrete walls and gutters. And after all of that... I am ready to go back to work so have an interview with the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine to go back into an academic practice in a rural community.

Also due to my retirement, I have been playing more gigs with multiple bands. I have been sitting in for vacationing friends in civic bands, playing some nice paying gigs with two big bands, working regularly backing up a female jazz vocalist in her quintet, and was recently added to an "Elvis Presley" 10 piece Vegas style band that plays fairly regularly.

Then there were days like today were I had a day of doing nothing other than dog sitting 4 Schnauzers for my wife and mother in law while they were out and about only to get a call at 2 pm to play a jazz fusion gig at 7 pm.. Just got back from the gig and feeling kind of energized from the vibe. And the Schnauzers are still alive! Picture of the Jazz Fusion Band (Mosaic) I sat in with:

So overall life is good!

Thanks for asking Shifty. Hope all is well with you as well.

Shifty

@Dr-GO
Merriam Webster's #1 definition of "semi" is "precisely half of." So I don't think you're anywhere near semi-retired. But it sounds like you're having fun.

Dale Proctor

Speaking of yard work, my wife and I spent about 30 hours replacing rotting wooden landscape timbers at the rear of the house with stone borders, as well as moving some plants and providing shallow steps from the yard to one of the bird baths. We redid a smaller natural area in the front yard, too. The total was about 225 stones. Yeah, we’re retired too…lol

administrator

@Dale-Proctor said in The Sounds of Silence:

Speaking of yard work, my wife and I spent about 30 hours replacing rotting wooden landscape timbers at the rear of the house with stone borders, as well as moving some plants and providing shallow steps from the yard to one of the bird baths. We redid a smaller natural area in the front yard, too. The total was about 225 stones. Yeah, we’re retired too…lol

It looks very nice. Do you have a big crop of cicadas this year?

Dale Proctor

@administrator said in The Sounds of Silence:

It looks very nice. Do you have a big crop of cicadas this year?

Thanks! Not nearly as many this year so far. Lots of katydids though.