On this date, 82 years ago, I made my entrance into the world at 7:46 PM, EST. Today is my birthday – technically my 83rd trip around the sun has come to a conclusion. And I’m off on the next round. I’ve lived a good life, for the most part. Not perfect – whatever that is – just “good enough” and what isn’t/wasn’t is mostly due to my own doings .

I called myself OWAY before I learned to correctly pronounce my name: Honoré. It is French and means honorable and is very common in France. Has been a dream of mine to visit Paris, especially to walk the Rue du Saint Honoré. Or to sit at an outside café with a latté. Earlier today, I thought I might go to Starbucks and get a latté – I need a few items from Whole Foods and there’s a SBUX next door… Then, I recalled my neighborhood coffee shop – Zeke’s – is only about 6-8 blocks North. I could use the walk and exercise and fresh air. Ah yes, I have options …and isn’t that what life is all about? Except, not all of us on this planet earth, do (have options). I am definitely still trying to sort that out. And as I sort, to make decisions and take steps that I pray and trust don’t deprive others of their options. To practice the Golden Rule: “Do onto others what you would have then do unto you.” C’ept we don’t practice such…

At this juncture in my writing and thinking, I have circa 277 words and probably more to come in the next 10 minutes left of Writers’ Hour, the 8 AM Mon-Fri Journaling session I join on Zoom. Outside, I hear the sounds of equipment on the street – for the past month, 5 days a week, my street has been torn up in the morning and resurfaced in the evening. Wash. Rinse. Repeat. They didn’t show up yesterday; I wondered why.

Somewhere among my “files”, I have a list I made of 70+ things when I turned 70…wonder if I still have it? It’s a possibility and perhaps the list fairy will do me a favor and unearth it, if I do.

To Be Continued – hopefully!

376 words

Cheers~

PS. I didn’t make it to the grocery store or a coffee shop. Perhaps tomorrow.