Thinking of leaving your home state, to live elsewhere? (Or know someone who is?) Seek state with better municipal services…no income tax or a significantly-lower (or no) sales tax? What do I think of living elsewhere, especially in one’s senior years? I’ll give you my unvarnished report, based on our amazing, 9-year experience living in […]
Thinking of leaving Rhode Island, to live elsewhere? Tired of poorly-maintained roads, government mismanagement, and high taxes, when you know other states entice newcomers with no state income tax and a significantly-lower (or no) sales tax. Why do you think so many retirees go elsewhere–especially to Florida? (yeah, it’s rhetorical.) It’s not because they want […]
Update? Well, we sold our townhome in Asheville, NC. The decision and move weren’t easy. We’d spent 5 months a year (wintertime) in one of the trendiest retirement towns in America for each of the past 9 years, a place where we’d built a new life. In the end, we left. Why’d we leave that […]
“Grandpa and the Truck” went to Walter E. Ranger and Ft. Barton schools May 13, 2015. Named to Atlas Van Lines’s “Elite Fleet” (of drivers,) “Gator” drove millions of miles, flawlessly, across America in the big rig. Now, he tells his exciting adventures to student audiences, focusing on the men and women who drive these […]
***But you might like to order the books first (check them out and order from Amazon.) Note the book reviews from customers: Highest marks from educators, librarians, truckers, parents…and kids. Got kids in a class that like to rap? Video their efforts (with dramatic flourishes, as explained below) and maybe they’ll appear on the www.grandpaandthetruck.com […]