My Decade of Turning 50

This has nothing to do with turning 50 years old, other than perhaps seeing something cool like the night launch of the space shuttle Endeavour brings me back to my youth when space seemed really cool. I took this photo today from the press area of the Kennedy Space Center.

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A bit like my year of turning 50 years old and beyond…my life feels halfway over, but still some things to find on the dark side of the moon (dang, never saw Pink Floyd)…this is from tonight’s lunar eclipse.

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In the week since turning 50 years old, I would love to say I have some new insight to share, some new perspective that only comes now that I am older and, presumably, wiser. I don’t. So, since I am a baby boomer, and appearances matter, I changed the photo on my profile. It’s the [...]

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I was on Atlanta’s Web site on Friday and came upon a photo gallery of “sexy seniors” — celebs who are 65 and older. It seemed the usual list of men and women — Sean Connery, Sophia Loren, Eartha Kitt, etc., but one surprised me, only because I didn’t know he was 65 — Harrison [...]

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11Originally uploaded by maryowen. A friend of Julia Campbell’s from her time in the Philippines has some wonderful photos of Julia on flickr, including this one. You can find the rest of them here. Notice the smile, which is how we all remember Julia. Update on Monday (4-23-2007): Found a link to some of Julia’s [...]

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Since I chased the moon in a previous post, I decided to chase the sunset today. ABC and I spent the late afternoon along Lake Dora near our home, she riding her bike, me running beside her, then together a hike along a walkway and path through a pine forest on the edge of the [...]

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