It’s been over three years since I last wrote, and a lot has happened since then: a major depression, bilateral hip replacements, several jobs, my wife Carol’s ovarian cancer, and a near-deadly heart attack with cardiac arrest three months ago resulting in a roller coaster two-month hospitalization.  I am now in recovery, reviewing the events that I missed (due to unconsciousness), feeling gratitude for the devotion of my family and friends, and trying to become a useful citizen again, for Carol and for myself.

This piece of writing is not mainly for publication, but just to clear my head, like a type of mental and emotional calisthenic.  I have been slam-dunked into retirement by these recent events, and the only thing that I have identified as something I would like to do with my time and energy is to write, starting with this blog. I feel happy with and proud of many of the entries that I wrote three years ago, which I have been rereading, and I would be glad to pick up the thread and continue in a similar vein, at least for starters.

So what to write about now? We shall see…