<div dir="ltr"><font size="4">It is not as lively here because of the Covid, but it will return. the people were out in droves for Semana Santa.</font><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">BTW, I do have two very lovely apartments in Guanajuato in a perfect setting. Let me know if you get interested in returning for a few weeks. It is dangerous....you will fall in love with the small city.</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">Jim<br clear="all"></font><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>James R. Doran<br></div>Attorney at Law<br></div>100 E. Pine Street - Suite 205<br></div>Bellingham, WA 98225<br>(360)393-9506<br></div><a href="mailto:jim@doranlegal.com" target="_blank">jim@doranlegal.com</a><br></div><a href="http://www.doranlegal.com" target="_blank">www.doranlegal.com</a><br></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 12:12 PM Roger Hawkes <<a href="mailto:Roger@law-hawks.com">Roger@law-hawks.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jim; thanks for that<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😊</span> I spent a few days in Guanajuato and loved it. never occurred to me to practice from there<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😊</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 5, 2021 10:37 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBAPT] Life in general<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">The essential questions that must be answered (besides your personal moral code) for retirement are:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">1) A man or a woman has to be somewhere? Where is that going to be?</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">2) You have to have something interesting to do with your time. What will that be?</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">3) We are social creatures so we must have at least a minimal social life after the "legal career" which kept us plenty socialized. Who do you want to see?</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Oh, of course, the money has to work.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Three years ago I bought a home in Guanajuato Mexico and we spend five or six months each year there. They call it "jubilacion" here. Jubilation!!! The distance working that I was doing blended in with
the Covid constraints and now I am like everyone else. (What a concept.) Life in the mountains of colonial old Mexico for the winter is pretty sweet. Look at the city of Guanajuato if you want to find the "Jewel of Mexico". And, of course, life in Cascadia
for the spring, summer and fall is pretty sweet, too. Boating in the San Juans seems to be the next move for us, to go along with car camping.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">My theory has been to enjoy life and don't wait too long. Intuition sometimes leads better than rationality. Put them both together, and listen to both, and hallelujah. Life is good.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 10:09 AM Philip N. Jones <<a href="mailto:pjones@duffykekel.com" target="_blank">pjones@duffykekel.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am in a firm of about 15 estate planners. The firm was founded in the 1930s. In the entire history of the firm, only three attorneys have retired. All the rest left with their boots on, sometimes feet first. They either died, had
a stroke, or some other medical event that forced them out. But they were still working. Admittedly, most were working only a few days a week when the grim reaper (or the grim cardiologist) caught up with them.<br>
Why did they keep working and not retire sooner? Lots of reasons. Some did not have hobbies or play golf or play bridge. Some enjoyed the work. Some needed the money. Some had spouses who did not want them hanging around the house. Unlike trial attorneys,
estate planners can easily work part time. And now with the pandemic, most of us are learning to work at home.<br>
Personally, I now work at home due to the pandemic, and I am one of the people who often posts on weekends and holidays. I enjoy the work, as I hope my posts reflect. When I post on a weekend or on a holiday, I am usually lying flat on my back twiddling with
my Ipad, often at the beach or in the mountains. Also, during the week I do not work long days. In fact, some of my weekdays are very short. I do whatever I please. And on weekends and holidays, I do the same.<br>
Life is good. I do not feel the need to get a different one. As for others, your mileage may vary.<br>
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Portland, OR<br>
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Duffy Kekel LLP<br>
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After 45 years of watching the toll lawyering has taken on many of my colleagues, it is disturbing to continue to receive this section’ s postings every Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter and every Saturday and Sunday. Think about it. Let’s all get a life.
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𝟓𝟗𝟓</span> <span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">𝟏𝟔𝟐𝟏</span><br>
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