Stop Whinging

I want to move quickly past the last post's woefulness and say once again that my journey has been loaded with blessings. The greatest of these has been reconnection with a lot of people from my past. That's certain. Less certain, but if it stays also a huge benefit, is a serious reexamination of my life and my priorities and making some steps in new directions. And probably most ephemeral, but cool for now, is dropping about 50 pounds and the beard.

Joe Carpenter took the picture, looking north from his balcony, with Forest Park in the background. The balloon race started about 30 minutes later.