I can’t believe that it’s been a year since I retired last December. I’ve been posting some updates in my author newsletter about what I’ve been doing each month. I also wrote a monthly blog post, but I stopped after six months. Here is an update for the fall and winter. This will be the end of my posts on this topic, but if you’d like to subscribe to Ruff Drafts, my author newsletter, I’ll continue my updates there.
JULY: Sea Glass Festival at Cold Spring Harbor; Raynham Hall AR tour, Oyster Bay; Wedding anniversary, Harry and Hermione’s 5th birthdays.

AUGUST: Farm visits; Huntington Lighthouse Tour; Catpurrccinos Cat Cafe.

SEPTEMBER: Whale watching tour, Freeport; Old Bethpage Village Fair; Otto the Ghost at Hicks Fall Festival, Westbury; Old Westbury Gardens’ 1st. Asian Festival.
October: White Post Farms, Melville; Milleridge Inn Halloween Village and Octoberfest; Hicksville Library’s Fall Fair; Norman J. Levy Preserve, Seaford; Halloween House, Broadway Commons, Hicksville; Old Westbury Gardens scarecrow contest and dog days.

NOVEMBER: Garden City Hotel afternoon tea; New York City; Clark Gardens; Tree Lighting at the Milleridge Village; Reptile Festival; Holiday Concert at the Tilles Center.
DECEMBER: Nutcracker Tea, Rockville Centre; Hicksville Library concerts; Our Lady of Mercy Academy’s tea with AdrianaTrigiani; Old Westbury Garden’s Gilded Age Cookbook Talk; Raynham Hall’s Candlelight Tour; Millneck Manor’s Miracle at the Manor event.
2024 will start a new set of adventures for our family as we make our move South. I wish you and your family a wonderful new year, too.


Congratulations on an one year of retirement and Have a very Merry Christmas.
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Thank you, Crystal. I’ve still been working as a sub at the library, so my official retirement won’t be until my move in March and, who knows, maybe I’ll do some work then, too. Of course, I’m always writing. Have a wonderful Christmas, too!
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Good for you and always liked your writing.
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