#2022... the year i fully embraced my crone, my warrior, my dark shadows, and my inner child.

i've neglected them all along the way so i'm grateful for still having a shot at dancing with all of them.

while i've been downed by loneliness, with all of these MEs hanging around the joint, i'm never alone!

having 2-shrimp-dogs w/distinct personalities and deserve least 2-3 strolls a day—who keep me in stitches and humble.

great piece! not what i expected but enjoyed being surprised.

never ever wanted to be an old malcontent OR the ol' gal who thinks marinating in and worshiping youth is the fountain of it.

and you nailed it.

proximity.

a contact high, of sorts!

thanks. and thanks for sharing an evolved and older male perspective on this whole aging situation.

the only complaint i've heard from older men of late and on the regular is how unfair it is to be over 60 and 'poor' [whatever that means] as it limits their dating pool.

good grief.

:-)