DaveTAM, thanks so much for those words...captures what I was feeling exactly, except that I am, thankfully out of tune with the rush of society and do notice those those things he laments.

Sins, me, too, except that I also reject the notion that 50+ has to look a certain way just because society says so, i.e. my eye doctor who keeps insisting I will need bifocals someday! He started in my early 40's and continues, even though I've still a few to go to 50! There's got to be a happy balance there somewhere, while not burying one's head in denial, yet also not accepting the dictates that say we must be decrepit by such and such an age.

Thanks, everyone...

luvyakat