Damn! I was just running over in my mind what I've done as hobbies in the past and what I do now — which is almost nothing — and realized I must be getting old.

I used to fly and drive some competition (sports car gymkhanas). Gave up both to save money to get married. Bad swap. I used to swim and ski a lot but haven't done either in years. Also got into photography, complete with darkroom and, for a while, a studio. That progressed to a second job for a while and then circumstances changed and I quit and sold off most of my equipment.

Now I like working on home and garden projects — well, sometimes — and poke around for antiques and tour Civil War battlefields. I also play guitar (mostly blues), Autoharp (mostly old-timey and fiddle tunes) and a little piano (mostly country).

If the arthritis keeps progressing at its present rate, pretty soon I'll be a complete has-been.

david