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Posts by Darryl Bloch

Darryl Bloch is a retired engineer based in Cary, NC. He divides his time between Cary and Carolina Beach, NC. He is a married father of three and enjoys surfing, music, photography and spending time outdoors.

7 Awesome Things That Happened When I Started Surfing at 55

ā€œItā€™s never too late for a new beginning in your life.ā€ ~Joyce Meyer

I sat on the beach, watching the sandpipers skittering back and forth, pecking at the waterā€™s edge.Ā A dead horseshoe crab washed back and forth in the surf.

Finished at fifty-five, I thought.Ā Iā€™m as useless as that poor crab.

Several years ago I was laid off after thirty-three years at a Fortune 500 company. ā€œWorkforce rebalancingā€ was the term they used, but for me it simply meant a monthā€™s severance pay and colleagues solemnly shaking my hand. Hand over your badgeā€¦ thereā€™s the door, …