Yes, I know that I've been absent for quite a while.  I'm fine ... in fact I'm probably better than I have been in a long, long time.  Since I moved in the middle of April I've had a lot of unpacking, fixing, culling, stashing, cleaning, and, you know, the usual things to do.  But ... I take longer to do all those things than some people.  Add to that the fact that I've been sort of basking in the peace and tranquility I now have.  I've kind of been like a "pig in a mud puddle".  I know now that the cloud I lived under for so long was bigger and darker than I realized.  What a blessing to be out from under that dark cloud. 

You know, I'm 60 years old, soon will see 61, God willing, and I had lost sight of the fact that there are men, in particular,  who have a whole different attitude about life than what I had become accustomed to.   It's taken meeting a few different people to see that again.  After the last 8 to 10 years of being closed to the idea of any kind of relationship other than family and friends God has made it abundantly clear to me that there is still more. 

Some time back I said that change was beginning to come about in my life.   I can see it more clearly all the time.   I'll say more later on this subject.