Several months ago I became SO overwhelmed by the militant negativity of the political scene and how that translated onto the forum called Facebook that I made the decision to "retire" to avoid that kind of incoming data.  I have since, however, "re-tired"- I have "new wheels" under me, so to speak, and I'm re-entering the Facebook world for two basic reasons: I miss the positive contacts with people whom I dearly love and, being just weeks away from vocational retirement, I am doing more blogging than ever before (larrycalvin-inthequiet.blogspot.com) and have been asked by many to make links to these posts available on Facebook.  So...here's to "retire-ment"!