Cheers To 49!

Tucson, AZ - July 1996

That's me on the right, the summer before I turned 30, posing with the daughter of a co-worker.  I love this picture.  Probably because I loved that blouse, and loved wearing bright, white Keds.

Today is my 49th birthday.  I can't believe twenty years have passed since that day!  I don't know why I'm always so amazed by the passing of time, but it seems to be going so quickly lately.

I'm not sure how I feel being one year from fifty.  The last few birthdays have really made me feel as if I'm getting older, whereas before it didn't seem like I was changing, just the number of my age was. I have no idea what this year is going to bring but I think I'm ready for it.

I've got a bottle of Advil in one hand, and although I'm generally a teetotaler, I might start thinking about toting around a glass of wine in the other.

Salut!



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2015: Loving Snow For Over Four Decades

2014: Hey, Hey, Hey! It's My Birthday!!
2013: Once, An Angel
2012: Halfway To Ninety
2011: Aging In Soft Light
2010: Why The Crying?
2009: From Swings To Eighteen Wheels
2008: Fishing Expedition
2007: Eggs Of Wisdom Apparently Start Hatching At Forty
2006: The Birthday Wagon Train Takes Off Today
2005: 38 Special