Half a century
As of last month, I have been on this planet for half a century. It got me thinking.
1 I'm hard on houses. I have lived in six homes in my lifetime (one of those was still 'home' despite me living in varying shared accomodation/flats etc) Only two of those houses are still standing. One of those is the house I am currently living in - and thus far it's survived a lightning strike.
2 I don't make friends easily, but I do make them deeply. Everyone I invited to share my 50th were people I considered family, despite lack of actual blood ties. :)
3 While making the play list for my 50th, it occured to me that a lot of the music I have grown up listening to, and loving, has had strong themes of enviromental care, acceptance of others, standing up for the rights of others. Add to that arguing politics with my elders when I was nine, and attending Womens Lib marches in the 70s - it's no wonder all these influences flow through to my writing.
4 My daughter has awesome taste in choosing a cake for her mother
