I Dropped the Ball on Thanksgiving! (Luckily My Friends Picked it Up)

Last week I was glad Mr. Groovy took up the cause to write a Thanksgiving post. I wasn’t in a gratitude state-of-mind. Maybe I was still lolling in loserdom from my latest post about TEDx Talks. To make myself feel better, I put out a call to our follow bloggers for links to their Thanksgiving posts …

Meat Pies at the Chevron Station: Retirement Kickoff Road Trip

Is your idea of vacation eating crawfish meat pies at the Chevron station? Well, that’s what we were doing a few days into our “Gumbo Trail Retirement Kickoff Road Trip,” as Mr. Groovy dubbed it. It’s a mouthful (pun intended), but ever since Mr. Groovy read about the Gumbo Trail a few years ago in …

The Burden of Gifts

Hello, groovy freedomists. Today we are proud to offer a guest post from Penny, a terrific blogger who blogs over at shepicksuppennies.com. Mrs. Groovy and I are big fans of Penny. And before we tell you why this is so, we want to share some pertinent facts about Penny. Penny is a teacher and a …