“Who? Me?”
The above is a self-portrait done at 3:00 am on the morning of my birthday. The full title is – “Another birthday? Who? Me?”
This is so much easier than writing a whole dog’s body tale of who I am, how old I am, and what I am / was feeling at the time.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then I have just saved four pages of paper at 250 words a page, double-spaced. that’s the equivalent of a branch from a small tree.
As I tell my young friends and acquaintances – “Don’t grow old. But if you have to, never lose your sense of humor.”
Of course, sooner or later you may lose an awful lot of your senses – but keep that one, if you can!
rogermoorepoet 
Happy belated birthday, Roger, may there be many more and lots of humor along the way!
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Thanks, Tiffany. Nice and sunny here – but cold at -7C.
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Only famous people seem to die young. We are obsessed with dying young and leaving a pretty body. When Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise make it into their Sixties, and look fine with the help of plastic surgery, you know all is right with the world.
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I don’t always fully appreciate the abstract but, Roger, your self-portrait at 3:00 am looks exactly like you!
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That’s because you know me so well, Louise. You are reading my mind! Bless you!
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That is fantastic! I love your quote to your friends. You are revealing the colorful person that you bave become! Never go out with gray… stay bright!
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Wonderful! And thank you so much. I am indeed enjoying what the French call ‘l’age d’or – my golden age. Then I specialized in Golden Age literature when I was at university – now I am living it!
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Ha… now you know! Authenticity at its best! :>)
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“Knowledge: that which passes from my notes to your notes without passing through anybody’s head.” My Golden Age prof – after a lunch-time sherry party in the Senate – and three hiccups!
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:>)
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That’s a co incidence Roger across the miles. When I checked the time to send you message for your birthday it would have been 3.00am in your part of the world so I thought I would send it 12 hours later because you wouldn’t have been awake yet!
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I seem to remember another coincidence when you rang the telephone operator… maybe they aren’t coincidences. Our Nana read tea leaves – though she told nobody about it. Except in secret. It runs in the blood.
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Wow, Roger, look at all you’ve accomplished! Artist, writer (academic) and more! And you’ve kept your sense of humour. Well done, you.
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And that’s scratching the tip of the iceberg! Only a couple of people have access to the real me – and it is carefully hidden under my skin-deep self-portrait! Thanks for being there, Chuck. Did you see what happened to the road in St. Andrews?
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Happy Birthday! Hope you enjoy your special day.
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Thank you – I did – even though I was in denial! I nearly shot the cat with the champagne cork!
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Never ever lose your sense of humor. ❤️
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I am trying not to!
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