Letters

Retirement--Bring It On

Why is “That Seductive Walden Mirage” so appealing (by Marc Porter Zasada, Essay, June 6)? Most of us workers have our time controlled by someone else. We eat breakfast when we are not hungry to be on time and go hungry if we’re too rushed to prepare lunch. We wear clothes not of our choosing that may be uncomfortable (ties, nylon stockings, high heels and uniforms). Five-sevenths of our days belong to someone else. We get two-sevenths to peruse hobbies, interests and creative endeavors.

Retirement--bring it on! Ah, the luxury of reading the newspaper cover to cover, eating leisurely meals and watching the day unfold from the lanai of my home in Hawaii. I am not rich and bought it when it was affordable--I was a teacher. Know what you want, dig in for 20 years, live frugally and then escape!

Ann Fraser

Victorville