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Seventh Decade Musings (Part Deux)...

I’ve been rather pensive the last few days. I’ve taken to cycling almost daily. Riding along open country roads a few hours at a time tends to send a loosely tethered mind such as mine adrift...and I was already in a “musing” kinda mood.

I believe I’ve mentioned, a time or two, that I participate in a few different Internet forums. There’s my beloved marathoners’ forum and several political, economic and investing boards. I’ve actually met a great number of the marathoners over the course of a decade. Even ran with a few a race or two. I’ve never met anyone from the other boards.

Yesterday, I learned that a frequent poster (a man my age) on an investing board passed away. It seems like it’s often that way. Here today. Gone tomorrow. No hint or warning. This particular individual had invested heavily in silver. He posted daily about any and every aspect of silver mining, silver’s market price and his specific investments. He was passionate about silver.

And in the blink of an eye he’s gone.

I hope he was happy doing what he was doing, spending his days the way he spent them. I wish that for everyone. I wish that for me.

I consider myself fortunate, indeed, that I can spend hours and days on end cycling along country roads. I find it both spiritually and physically satisfying.

But I’m greedy. I want ever more of each day to be satisfying, not just the time spent cycling. As a consequence, I’m drawn ever more towards emigrating to Lithuania.

I’ll be riding hundreds upon hundreds of miles this summer (Fate willing). I’ve lots to ponder. It pleases me that my musings often orbit about Joy.

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Two days ago, I placed an order to buy me a righteous road bike. The technology amazes. This bike is a concretion of carbon fiber and sublime alloys. I’m finally ready to handle a bike such as this. I’m ready to venture farther and further.

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