Annual Something New
When I retired I decided to, at least once a year, try something new. Perhaps something that would change my life.
Daniel
Puerto Vallarta 2007
In 2007 we visited Puerto Vallarta with an eye toward buying a house there. We decided against it.
Europe 2007
The trip had three parts. First we started in Paris, then Milan, and finally we rented a house in Tuscany with Sandy and Keith and Ed and Nadine. In the second part we moved west from southern Croatia to eastern Provence. In the third part we went house hunting, seeing over 20 houses in about … Read more
China 2007
After retiring, we spent a month in Hong Kong and then traveled around China. We went to Guilin, Yangshuo, Yuzi Paradise art park, Kunming, Dali, Lijiang, Chengdu and Chongqing, then took a river cruise toward Shanghai. 2007 Hong Kong from mid-February to mid-March. Apartment on the 26th floor of a tower above Pacific Place. Food … Read more
Hong Kong 2007
After retirement Judith and I rented a place in Hong Kong for a month at Pacific Place. Before that, I spent a week at a Buddhist monastery in Thailand, where I damaged my knee. From Hong Kong we took a trip to Macau and then an extended trip through China.
Retirement
My retirement dinner was held at the top of the Bank of America building. Soon before retirement, Carolyn forwarded me this email: Thought you might like to see this excerpt from an email Jennifer just wrote me. Don’t tell her I sent you this: “Things at work are really strange now…every time Vera and … Read more
Speeches
I was a frequent invited speaker at insurance conferences. I was the keynote speaker for the National Association of Attorneys General Insurance Conference. I was the most requested speaker at Casualty Actuarial Society Meetings. Below is a partial list of my speeches: 2006 “Auto Rate Evasion” IFM 2006 “From Class to Individual Rating” CAS 2006 … Read more
Buddhism
After taking up Vipassana meditation, I became more and more interested in Buddhism. I read many books on the subject. By 2006 I was ready to declare myself a Buddhist. Come 2022 I became a lapsed Buddhist. I was increasingly aware of how radically Western liberals had edited Buddhism—they had added secular Protestant morality, worshiped … Read more
Galapagos and Ecuador 2006
Carolyn, Judith and I took the National Geographic cruise of the Galápagos.
Japan 2006
Our first trip to Japan included Tokyo, Kyoto, Yufuin, Kumamoto, Hakone, Miyajima Island and Takayama.
209 Del Mar Point, Sea Ranch CA
We bought the lot in November 1998 and finished building in late February 2006. We sold the house on August 28, 2012. On March 25, 2016, it was featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal‘s real-estate section. Also featured in ArchDaily and Dezeen.
Wall Street Journal Interview on Occupations and Insurance
Personal Journal Insurers Find Religion, and Profit Firefighters, Churchgoers Receive Discounted Rates Amid Search for Lower Risk By Lavonne Kuykendall Dow Jones Newswires Updated Jan. 7, 2006 12:01 a.m. ET If you attend religious services regularly — or work as a firefighter, or drive a station wagon — your insurer might want to cut you … Read more