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I think I hate death in others a lot more than I fear my own.

A guy I knew from fantasy camp died last year, out of the blue.  He was 46, in apparent good health, he played baseball months before.  Nobody knew what he died of, and his wife wasn't saying.  We went to the memorial service and the place was mobbed, like 500 people there, not just baseball players.  A lot of folks spoke kindly of him, obviously, but they all had the same basic story, he was the kind of guy who made everyone around him happier.

I've tried to learn something from that, though I'm naturally taciturn.  But this year at camp I made an effort to welcome the "rooks" and have more fun.

agreed

I've had a good life.  Few regrets

Not long enough yet. 30 more years. Get those bones out of the cold already.

Just curious how old were the rooks?

The rookies were the same age as the rest of us for the most part, no old guys like me though.  They were 30-45 in the main.  Most claimed they would be back, but I know at that age many have "other priorities".

I now have the time and the means for such excursions, but not always the physical abilities obviously.  It gives me good motivation to get into and stay in shape.

The new piano is due to be delivered Monday.  I spent most of today going through my moving boxes looking for my old piano music.  It was in the last box I opened of course, but it was there.  The problem is that my hand strength is woefully bad now so I'll have to spend quite a bit of time on exercises rather than music.  I may be posting here less often anyway.

Not long enough yet. 30 more years. Get those bones out of the cold already.

The cold won't drive me out of the great white north but the taxes might.

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