I am, of course, hoping for many Sundays off - I will be filing soon for early retirement. I had expected to do so a couple of days back, but was thwarted in my efforts. One can now file for Social Security online, but the time when one files has changed. I now have to wait until I am 61 and 9 months old. So, on June the 6th, D-Day, I shall file to retire this coming September. Financially I will still have to work the 20 hours Social Security will allow - provided I can get my job to give me 20 hours. That would mean a change in my part time classification where I work, but the people who are in that group are only getting about 4 to 12 hours a week. I am also hoping to take a break from work for a few weeks. But I digress.
I wanted to post a photo or two from our radio station's grand return to the air celebration held this past Friday evening during "Gallery Walk". (Gallery Walk is held the 1st Friday of each month and is a strolling around downtown run into just about everybody you know sometimes there's food for grazing while you see art by local artists event. Never mind that the economy of the last few years forced several of the galleries to close and that there is less art around than there used to be.)
It was late afternoon as a typical Brattleboro crowd started to meander around Main Street...
Meanwhile, up in the studio, Dave Long observes as his music consultant Desmond sits at the controls...
Dan Lefkowitz dances with his daughter Zawadi
DJ Cam interviewed visitor Steve West, the host of a popular local talk show on one of our two commercial radio stations:
Frederic stands by as his impossibly cute son is coaxed into speaking on air by Steve West:
I was much too tired to spend the voluminous energy required to hang out with a bunch of hyper DJs and their children, so I went home early. After all, I had to leave for the walk to work the next morning at 6am. From what I heard on the air, though, it sounded like a good time was had by all.
Oh, by the way, the station has a Facebook page, or you -could- visit our website where you can find an online player (and/or a link to our webstream) for listening to a certain show every Saturday night from 6pm to 8pm Brattleboro time (hint, hint).
5 comments:
I listened to Ralph's show this monring while prepping for today's company. It's so good to have VEW back. All your hard work has paid off, Stevil. Congratulations.
What Austan said. I love Ralph's show, and I love that you, Stevil, have done so much to bring back WVEW. If you ever feel worn out and unappreciated, re-read our comments. YOU ARE THE BEST!!!
Thank you both. As it happens, I -am- feeling very worn out and unappreciated. Thanks.
It looks like everyone had fun.
I like the idea of early retirement, but I don't think I'll be able to afford it for at least 5 years yet.
I'll keep looking in to see how you get on.
TSB - I can't really afford it either - although if the calculations I did a couple of years back were right, my Social Security should be more per week than I am taking home now. Under the rules, we still get to work 20 hours a week until age 65 when we can go to work full time to try to afford to live. I really hope I don't have to do that, of course. I'm worn out, I've had enough. I have trouble getting through an 8 and a half hour day at work now. I'm ready.
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