Welcome

Hi! My name is Margot. My blog is about the things I love to do. That could be what I'm reading, places we visit, my family, food, or whatever else is happening. I hope you'll stay and visit a while. Contact me by email: joyfullyretired (at) gmail (dot) com.

What I’m Reading

Saying It Well

Justice

Forever

The Sense of an Ending

Wish You Were Here

A Moveable Feast

Clarissa

The Odyssey

My Book Rating System

A = Excellent in every way
B = Very good story
C  = Good/Average
D = Poor
F = So Bad I couldn't finish it

Archives

Lunch and a Matinee

Lunch and a Matinee is Joyfully Retired’s version of dinner and a movie. I love going to the movies in the middle of the day, in the middle of the week. It was something I wanted to do back in the days when I worked all those long hours. Lunch: While visiting with the granddaughter [...]

Movie Review: The Ides Of March

Have you ever wondered about the people who staff political campaigns? Do you go back and forth between thinking they’re all phony con men or idealistic do-gooders? I do, but I know, as in all groups of people, there are wide variations. The Ides Of March gives a good look at some of the people [...]

Movie Review: Moneyball

Moneyball is the story of what happened to the Oakland Athletics baseball team during the 2002 season. They were a good team. After all, they went to the World Series the previous year. Unfortunately, their top three players went to work for other teams for a lot more money. The Oakland A’s have the lowest budget [...]

Movie Review: The Help

When I read the last page of this wonderful book I sat for a very long time. Just sitting and thinking about the people in the book and those frightening years. It stayed with me for weeks. I saw the movie last Wednesday and, at the end, I also just sat there for a long [...]

Lunch and Three Matinees

Going to the movies in the middle of a weekday is one of our favorite treats since we retired. We sit in a mostly empty theater and think about all those years we were working at this time of day. The last four weeks I’ve been “off.” First it was very hot and then I [...]