About All Points North

A retired guy with time on his hands and things on his mind.

Greg

I retired and got bored

That's really it. I spent decades working, and when it stopped I figured I'd enjoy the quiet. Turns out the quiet gets old faster than the job did.

I'd always read a lot — news, history, travel writing, whatever was on the nightstand — and somewhere along the way I thought: I could do that. Not professionally, not for anyone in particular. Just to have somewhere to put the things I was thinking about.

So I built this site, learned more about the internet than I ever expected to, and started writing. No agenda. No brand strategy. Just a retired guy with an opinion and too much free time.

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Honest writing, no pretense

I write about whatever interests me — current events, places I've been, things I've noticed, opinions I've formed. It's not a niche publication. It's more like a public journal from someone who has finally got the time to keep one.

No ads, no sponsors, no monetization scheme. I'm retired — I'm not trying to make money from this. I'm just trying to keep my brain busy.