This post marking a personal milestone passed already five years ago.  Today’s post marks the fact that now I’m officially old enough to opt for the thin slice of retirement money or a senior price ticket on New Jersey Transit.

The photo below shows one of my high points of my past year.  I’m the more enclosed guy with the black cap.   And you might wonder where this is?

0aaaaaaja

Here are two clues that’ll help you situate that high point, the aluminum portion and the

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

steel.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

And here I’m standing on the edge of a trough.

0aaaaaaja3

Many thanks to Chris Ware for the top photo and to Brian DeForest for the one directly above.

I am deeply grateful for a chance at another year of living  . .  . exuberantly.    Here was seven years ago.