Well, Jerry I recently realized that I would no longer do physics research but instead just get to the point of doing my teaching and spend the time instead learning and practicing my mandolin. I am very fortunate to have nice mandolins and am new at it.

I have a marvelous mate, Desert Dancer, who supports my musical goals and so am very lucky. I, frankly, am at great peace with it (especially at the ripe old age of 57).

I look at the time to pass onto my students ideas about life (along with physics and astronomy) and to be there to aid them. It is to me a wonderful thing to be able to maybe be that one prof that they remember. Life is sometimes not happy, but it is joyful.

Astro getting ready to bed down for the night...so off to home and to bed...

btw, I enjoyed you chapter above...sounds like a good book to curl up in bed with...I do like to do that!