In the weeks since I announced my retirement from the newspaper at the end of this year, I've had lots of conversations with people who are curious as to my plans. Put plainly, it's a blank canvas that I eagerly anticipate painting in the coming years. Financially, I'll still need to do something to keep income rolling in; but, I'm not desperate to immediately step into something new. After the questions, those same people often comment on how much they'll miss my weekly column in the paper ...