Questions, comments

This day brought a flurry of (e)mail activity, some of which is worth noting.

First, I was amused with an email from a friend and reader from southern climes. She writes (clearly out-of-her-mind-jealous): “(Your blog) made me miss spring as it is perpetually spring or summer here; we never get the joy of a glorious spring day in the garden and mine will undoubtedly be a mess by the time I return (north) at the end of May.” Yeah!!! I am plenty sympathetic, even though in February SHE was out picking shells on a beach while I was scraping ice off of the sidewalk.

Then, my most distant reader and friend from Asia writes: “I think that once you get over the Big 5 things are supposed to be getting easier, slower and more peaceful.” He is referring to my turning 51 sometime very soon. Peaceful? Slower?? Easier??? He must be kidding. Richer maybe. Nothing more, nothing less.