Ten Brilliant Things I Personally Enjoyed After Being 75 in Brilliant Things I Enjoy After My 75th Birthday

1. Drinking excellent coffee in small cups
2. Hot coffee, re: the small cup
3. Making a gardening mistake and afterward knowing how to correct it
4. Being the foster grandmother to two boys
5. Living in a neighborhood where my neighbors have young children
6. Telephone numbers on cards from old friends who’d like to chat
7. Meeting the son, now in his twenties. of a man who used to be my son’s best friend when my son was a boy
8. The serendipidy of a granddaughter posting a photo of us on FB, as a family, taken nine years ago on Kermit’s and my fiftieth wedding anniversary
9. The most unusual event of having a neighbor, last summer, bring me half a watermelon from GA
10. An invitation from a cyber friend to exchange hand-written notes via mail

Last updated January 25, 2018