After 39 years in public media -- the last 22 of them at WGBH in Boston -- plus raising two boys, putting them through college, etc., we've saved enough to start a new chapter in our lives.
Two years ago we bought a house in Corrales, New Mexico (just outside of Albuquerque), as our eventual retirement getaway.
The last piece of the puzzle was whether we could net enough from the sale of our Boston house to make the long-term financial plan work.
So we spent days getting the house ready -- repainting, re-wallpapering, re-plastering ceilings . . .
throwing out papers, boxes, cabinets . . .
and then staging the living space for show and sale.
We put the house on the market in mid-April, and by the end of May we had an offer that met our financial plan goal.
Since then, we've been finishing the job: cleaning out the attic, garage, and basement. More stuff to the curb. The pickers have been coming by religiously on Sunday evenings before trash pick-up on Monday mornings. Don't know what the garbage men think, but I expect they'll be glad to see us go.
So now we're down to our final days in Boston. The moving company comes to pack us up on Thursday; they load the truck on Friday; and we put a few things in the car and leave Saturday for a 2,200 mile drive from Boston to Corrales.
Once we get out there and unpack a bit, I'll post some final images from Cutler Park, selected from the very few outings I've made since January.
And then I expect to open a whole new vista for you from New Mexico. I'll keep you posted about that.
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