My earliest memory is playing with carpenter's tools as a toddler. My dad built the house that we lived in during my childhood and teenage years.
In 2015, I will be 69 years of age.
I plan and expect it to be a productive year in 2015 in terms of fitness activities, writing, reading, mind-body arts practices, work, gardening, home improvements, some travel in the Northwest, and fun activities with family and friends.
We are anxiously awaiting news from the Oregon Health and Science University Hospital in Portland, Oregon, that they have a kidney available for transplanting in my son. He has been on dialysis for three years. He began his struggles with kidney disease when he was 19 years of age. Karen will stay in Portland to help during his recovery from the surgery.
As of now, Karen and I are in reasonably good health. We cope and manage our chronic health problems. Local and area (Redding and Chico) medical care is good.
Our income from work, investments, and Social Security are sufficient for a very comfortable lifestyle in rural Red Bluff. I still am employed for 24 hours a week for nine months of each year, and am thinking of retiring when I am 72 years of age.
Most of the time, I have many more projects and activities than I can accomplish. Therefore, some objectives are not accomplished or others only half-completed. I am never bored and feel pretty good about my accomplishments.
Aging
How to Live the Good Life
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My mother and father and I
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Karen and I in 1968
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Alicia, Me, Karen and Michael D.
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I hope that your son receives his transplant and lives a long and healthy life. My father died of kidney failure when he was thirty-six years of age and left four children.
ReplyDeleteI stumbled upon your site looking for a specific Lao Tze translation, nice website.
Sorry to hear about your father's death at such a young age - about the same age as my son. Thanks for your concern!
ReplyDeleteMy Tao Te Ching index is pretty thorough: http://www.egreenway.com/taoism/ttclzindex.htm