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tire, ent in 1979. The Platts had bought a weekend house in Rappahannock in 1968. “We came for a visit after I retired and decided that we didn’t want to go back,” Platt said. Their home was in McLean, Va.
The house was originally an A frame that the Platts have kept and added on to. There is now a wellequipped kitchen with sliding doors that allow a view of the mountains and the bird feeders in the yard. The Platts also built on a large, airy living area where the pond can be seen through a picture window. The house has one bedroom, but work on another bedroom has been started so that their children and grand-children can visit comfortably.
With fish in the pond, birds to watch and feed and 16 acres to take care of, Platt has had a busy retirement. In addition, Platt still writes a tax information column for U.S. News that is a listing of straight court rulings that have an impact on taxes.
Platt is not the kind, though, who has a hard time retiring and would be content if he no longer had the tax column to write anymore. “I regret nothing about retiring,” Platt said. “In fact, I retired a year early, and I wish I had done it even sooner.”
After more than 40 years in the journalistic profession in some form or another, it is not surprising that Platt
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