Big Exciting Birthday Announcement
Monday, May 19th, 2008(22 of 50)
My dear friends, family, readers and listmates,
I will be 50 on my next birthday, which is JUNE 15. That is less than a month away, so get ready for some fun.
This birthday is very momentous for me. Not just because it’s one of those decade-milestone birthdays, but also because of the recent major life events that all seemed to cluster up in my late 40s. Deaths and endings of several kinds, with some new beginnings seeded and now beginning to bloom. I thought about hiding my head in the sand, lying about my age but I’d rather hit it head-on and redefine my life.
I will be starting a new business venture in a few weeks, I have some travel planned on the order of “a trip of a lifetime,” and there are other tectonic plate shifts happening below the surface, which may (with all due diligence and hard work) produce some new writing.
But enough about me. For my 50th birthday, I wanted to give everyone a present. But I really (truly) cannot afford that. (more…)