What's on my mind today? I have, lately, been taking stock of the interests that I've had all my life, the ones that have sometimes been put on hold, but have never gone away: faith, reading, writing, art, languages, ecology. With a low energy level, it's always been do one or two and let the others slide. Now I'd like to see how I can blend them into combinations in order to get more "bang for my buck," so to speak.

Getting older. How long will I be here--how long will I have the freedom to do the things I love? No one knows. I recently read an actuary table that predicted I'd live until 73. Whoa, that's not very promising--I'm 62 now and somehow, I'd always figured on 80 as my "ideal" demise date.

I can't change the future too much, I can enjoy the present and reach back into my past to re-enjoy the good times and connect them with the joys now. How to connect all my dots, that's the question (and Hamlet thought it was to be or not to be, tsk)