Happy Birthday!!!

Hey, I just turned 57 on our shared B.D.

50 is the old age of youth and the youth of old age -- don't sweat it. As one of my email taglines states, "Young at heart -- slightly older in other places." (particularly the knees, but I'm working on that)

The "difficult*" significant B.D. was 40 -- when I realized I was too old for Yale Younger Poets and to be a salvage diver.

(* In actuality, I have enjoyed every age I've ever been -- though I choose NEVER to revisit my teens or even my 20s.)

Have a really great day -- don't forget to celebrate for at least a month, and certainly don't worry about the significance of turning 50. And, as far as I'm concerned, you're still a kid!

Linn