April Personal grooming Ending Daily Shaving in Retirement

April 4—Personal grooming… Ending Daily Shaving in Retirement When Sam Adams retired from the U.S. Department of State, he made five vows which he kept for years. first, he would quit daily shaving shaving once or twice a month second, he would never wear a suit and tie instead opting for the northwest look Long pants, khaki or jeans, T-shirt and a Western-style shirt like a Pendleton shirt. Third, he would retire in Korea where his wife had family and Southern Oregon and an annual trip to DC where they had rentals. Fourth, they would travel a lot every year seeing as much as the world as they could while they could still do. starting with an epic road trip across the US 10,000 miles 35 states in three months and a cruise to Alaska his last State of 50 to visit and an annual visit to someplace warm in the winter. Fifth, he would start a blog and podcast. the World According to Cosmos, to highlight his poetry and short story submissions and occasional political rants. He kept his vows except that COVID blew away his travel plans from 2019 to 2022! and he wore a suit once, to attend the wedding of the son of his best Korean friend.