Reflections....

I've been thinking about this blog for a while now.. wondering if I should continue with it... or change the scope of the whole thing and make it more of an insight to my political and social views of life.

When I started the blog, I had just gotten out of the hospital after a scary operation that made me realize my mortality... I had just turned 60 and thought I would put together a format that would tell a bit about me.. about my life... something that my grand-kids could access in years to come.. perhaps after I am gone.. something that they can use to remember me - hey, for my friends that take the time to check this site out on occasion as well.

Life after 60!  Well, the old coot turns 65 in May and I guess that's what makes me think about changing the format... but

I was going through photos I have had taken of me over the past 6 months.. and you know what - the last 6 months have been a wonderful time.. the past 5 years (life after 60) has been a wonderful time.

Sooooooo... going over pics from the last 6 months has made me feel very very good about my life.. and this is just a very small part of what the past 6 months have brought me.. a teeny tiny part.  I've got to visit with friends and relatives in Toronto where I spent a few days with Bob and Jo.. Winnipeg with Bud and Dot, Linda and Andrea,  Russ and Dorothy... Edmonton where I finally got to spend a few days with Jesse (to bad Nikki was on work shift at the time)... Yellowknife with Chris, Ev, and Popeye and my good buddy Jan - not to mention the hundred or so old friends I bumped into in various locales (read local bars!)...the island visiting with Dennis and Landa.. Graham and his lovely family.. and of course Jill, Steve, and the absolute pride of my existence - my beautiful grand daughters.. Shaya and Rylie...

And this is just the travel part of my life.. I get to spend a lot of my time in Duluth with my lovely partner.. Jewels.  Along with her comes her family who have become my family.. her Mom and Dad.. brothers and their partners... her kids who are wonderful.. and her beautiful grand children with more on the way.. it's all been part of the best time of my life...

Life after 60 has been good.. and I plan to keep myself fit and healthy so that life after 65 gets only better.. I may change some parts the blog.. but I guess I have decided this morning that it is what I want it to be.. nothing really exciting.. nothing really controversial.. This is for you Jewels, It is What it Is!

Life is Good