Month: May 2021
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Age, struggle and the continuing joy of vinyl.
At what point do you accept your age, or do you? Sometimes I feel like I’m a kid (relative to 66, that could mean 30) hiding in an older guys body, and shocked by the weathered face looking back from the mirror. And like a kid burying his face in his hands when scared, the…
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Trying to chart a future course
I have started to think I have little control over events in my life. An analogy here: It seems reasonable to expect that if you exert directional force on a rudder or wheel to steer a particular direction, you should get positive results. The more energy you exert, the more likely you will head in…
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Long distance goodbye
Eileen was my only living aunt and we met once, 3-years ago. Unfortunately, I missed that opportunity with her husband Charles. We were able to speak though, which made the meeting with Eileen even possible. Charles was my fathers younger brother, and before our first phone call, had no idea I existed. His brother Al…
a life always under construction 