i'll be old soon enough, if i make it, i'm already young old. julia gave me a book the view in winter reflections on old age. i wonder how old the author is, he luxuriates in time, his intro is 45 pages. i found on page 33 a nice term, gribouilist, a modern geriatric term for people who embrace the grim aspects of old age and turn them on society, so it gives me something to look forward to ha ha. why do you think julia gave this book to me? i would not presume to call myself middle aged, but i'm only 63 going on 13.