January '09 came and I turned 55.  I find this hard to believe ;-)

After 33 years in the corporate world, I accepted an early retirement package in January '08 and decided to try the world of independent contracting.  Great timing!  Fortunately, I found work right away, although it's not enough to keep me from tapping my nest egg from time to time.  

I'm a writer/editor/web communicator so it's natural that I've been involved with blogging from early on, both personally and professionally.  I'm erratic though -- I haven't yet developed the discipline to keep the pipeline filled.  I hope to register my blog on Blogher soon, and contribute more than the occasional comment to others' blogs.

I'm divorced and my only son is 23 and about to graduate from college.  I have the luxury of time I lacked as a single parent and full-time employee. 

I'm still a little lost as I try to find the passions to fill this next third of my life.   I expect I'll be exploring that.