Tonight I’m canning pasta sauce and listening to oldies, and the Eagles come on singing “Take it to the limit,” and I realize that in my 80 years of life I have never taken anything to the limit. This depresses me no end. Is it too late? Can I make that trip to Sardinia I always thought about? Can I buy a Vespa and drive across the country? Why am I standing by the stove canning pasta sauce when I have so little time left.
The pasta sauce is really tasty, but it doesn’t seem like it’s enough.
I'm only 67 but I have those same thoughts. For example, I it too late to go to Mt. Washington and ski Tuckerman's Ravine?
ReplyDelete67. You're a kid. Go for it. And maybe I'll see you in Sardinia.
ReplyDeleteProfessor: To paraphrase an expression commonly attributed to "my" people, the best time to visit Sardinia was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now.
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