The why of it all is the big thing. Even at ourselves. Sure, we could try all that at a ski lodge in Ontario or Vermont, but let's not get silly about it. Early retirees, my wife and I have been coming to Bay County since 1995, and I've been doing a few random columns for The News Herald since 1997. This year, we're introducing Taking our time, a new column.
Snowbirds can sure have some funny names, but there's a good reason for that.
Plain old names don't stick as well as they used to. In my case, of all the things that get shoved up in the attic of my mind, names are the slipperiest, and often end up sliding right out the other side, covered with dust. Names need a hook, rather like a fishhook, so that when they snag an old brain, they'll hang on. That's why we started inventing our own. I actually learned the technique in the little mining town where I spent my teenage years.