The Rambler


Hi, I'm Phil Schmidt, and welcome to my blog! Here I share my ponderings, wanderings and doings.

Recent Posts

Landed but not Grounded

I expect chaos to rule for awhile

The year 2025 will be one I remember as one of chaos. Some of that chaos was self-created, and some has been imposed by the times we are in. Admittedly, the self-created chaos really is better described as adventure, but adventure, which is expected to be exciting, would not be …

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Why Did We Do This?

I wanted to escape mowing and shoveling!

One very cold morning back when I was in high school, probably it was in January, Mike and I met early at the high school to go for a pre-track-season run. It was tens of degrees below zero - not a temperature that most would consider appropriate for running. But we …

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Settling and Adjusting

So THIS is what retirement looks like?

As we've been relaxing into the new house, continuing to unpack and rearrange, life has been settling down some, and we are adjusting to our new normal. Being settled doesn't mean being sedentary though - we have been busy.

Pretty much as soon as we got here I plugged into the …

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