Pull up a chair.
I’m Bill Black. After forty years working with business owners and entrepreneurs, I now spend part of retirement building a quiet corner of the internet — one meant to spark a smile, a thought, or a short break from the noise.BlackPapersShort porch stories about modern life, retirement, marriage, technology, errands, aging, family, and the little things we notice when the pace slows down.
Books from the Porch
Ask A Retired Guy — Volume 1
Notes from the Porch for the Next Chapter
Gentle humor and hard-earned perspective on retirement and the strange business of getting older.Downbeat — Volume 1
Stories from the Porch
Short, funny observations about marriage, retirement, technology, errands, and everyday life.TUX Learns... Home
A Pup's First Big Adventures
Meet Tux in the first TUX Learns... read-aloud adventure for little ones ages 3–6.
PorchMarketPorchMarket is the little shop at the edge of BlackPapers.Mugs, hats, tees, sweatshirts, gift cards, and other porch-approved gear for retired guys, retired gals, coffee drinkers, slow-morning professionals, campground philosophers, and anyone who already has enough socks.Some items are practical.
Some are thoughtful.
Some just make us laugh because getting older is a strange little club and somehow we all ended up in it together.
Some people come for a smile.
Some come for a story.
Some come looking for a gift.Either way, the porch light’s on.