Retire in Bali Facebook Group & a Poem

I have to admit that I was a bit shocked when I recently noticed the size of my Retire in Bali Facebook Group. I’m not much of a social media person, and that’s why I was so surprised.

If you have an interest in retiring in Bali I encourage you to visit and join in on some of the chats.

The momentum for retiring in Bali is simmering, but once the Bali International Hospital opens I expect the simmer to start boiling.

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"I Dare You" by Dorianne Laux

It’s autumn, and we’re getting rid
of books, getting ready to retire,
to move some place smaller, more
manageable. We’re living in reverse,
age-proofing the new house, nothing
on the floors to trip over, no hindrances
to the slowed mechanisms of our bodies,
a small table for two. Our world is
shrinking, our closets mostly empty,
gone the tight skirts and dancing shoes,
the bells and whistles. Now, when
someone comes to visit and admires
our complete works of Shakespeare,
the hawk feather in the open dictionary,
the iron angel on a shelf, we say
take them. This is the most important
time of all, the age of divestment,
knowing what we leave behind is
like the fragrance of blossoming trees
that grows stronger after
you’ve passed them, breathing
them in for a moment before
breathing them out. An ordinary
Tuesday when one of you says
I dare you, and the other one
just laughs.

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Later,

Neill