reflections

reflections
Well we did it, traded the Lincoln town car, 2002 with 20,000 miles
for the toyota Prius. Since I will probably only drive about4-6000
miles a year, I guess I'm not making much of a statement. However,
I do feel we should as a nation face reality, and force ourselves to
break the Country's oil addiction,
RHD

Our brand new Toyota Prius, Mar 30, 2006
We took delivery today, 1st is Marge, 2nd is both of us
RHD

 

The following pictures were taken on the 2006 cruise
with Old Port Yacht Club friends. Mar 12-19, 2006
We went to the Dominican Republic, San Juan, Puerto Rico,
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, and Nassau, the Bahamas.
As I have said below, we got started on cruising by
teaching bridge, and directing Duplicate games. But
now they are "on us".

Marge and friends on the street
at San Juan.



Marge and me on parade ground
of the biggest fort at San Juan. 

A row of medieval cannons at the
fort in San Juan, Mar. 2006
 

Scene at the dock at the Dominican
Republic, island of Hispaniola
Mar 12, 2006 from our stateroom
on the ship Infinity. 

Three of us on the deck of a
stateroom, on the Infinity
I'm the guy on the left.
RHD 

Nassau harbor as we were
leaving. Seven big cruise
ships were there Sat., Mar.18, 06 

Reflections really are just that. I'm afraid I gave the wrong message two days ago. Is the glass
half empty, or half full? The fact th at I can still run a duplicate bridge game, play pretty well myself, drive at night!, do a pretty good job of handling this machine, all these things are plusses.
These thoughts are not negative, but the very fact that I have them, sort of reminds me that I won't live for ever. Also, a big reason for these thoughts, is my wife. As I have said, she had a stroke, and may have the beginnings of Alzheimers. But we have found a medicine, Exelon, that
seems to have stopped the deteriation in it's tracks. We play bridge together, she's still driving,
and all in all is still pretty sharp, but not like the years in ours 50s and 60s. Again, stating these facts does not mean we anticipate an early grave, but we certainly want to smell the roses while we can!
RHD

a look at mortality

I often post to a site that has forums relating to WW II air war fare. I am active in the one devoted to Heavy bombers, I flew the B-24, a heavy bomber in WW II. Yesterday, a thread
was re-activated by a new question to an old thread. I had posted an answer 2 years ago, when I was 80! I surprised myself as I realized how clear, concise, and accurate my answer was then.
If I had answered it yesterday, the answer would have been vaque, and hard to understand.
I am afraid this made me aware of my mortality!
RHD