While sitting in my Florida Room in front of the fireplace three days after Christmas and two days before my 68th birthday, sipping on a glass of champagne, I thought, this can’t be how it ends. There still has to be more. Several weeks earlier, I had been diagnosed with a medical condition that caused…
Living our Best Life
Mountain Lioness, Rascal, and I are roaming around in the Blue Ridge Mountains for the next month. We are enjoying the pleasant weather at an elevation of 3,000 feet. Mornings start slowly. I wake up to the calm and peaceful presence of Mountain Lioness beside me. Rascal starts to wake up from his cozy spot…
Destination Unknown
Mountain Lioness, Rascal, and I finally set off for the Summer of 24 Tour the first week of June. I don’t know when or if I am coming back to Florida. The only known destination this year is my dear friends Erica and Chris’s farm in Virginia. I am here indefinitely. I may head to…
The Eye and the Cross Miracle
Last week was the most terrifying week of my life. On Tuesday morning I had cataract surgery on my right eye. My understanding of the recovery period was that I would start to get my sight back within 24-48 hours. All I saw the next day was thousands of swirling black dots. The next…
The Solid Earth Beneath My Feet
Ten years flashed before my eyes after I retired on November 6th, 2013. Each morning after I wake up, I swing my legs out of bed and gently put my feet on the floor. As I slowly stand up, I concentrate on the feeling and pressure on the bottom of my feet from the earth…