I'm guessing my posting/commenting will be less prolific until I can type
with both hands. Takes so long this way.

Wonderful party yesterday. I will post pics tonight. I usually throw my
own parties, so it was such a fun luxury to have this. loracs
went all out, too -- decorations, party favors, a game, and a gourmet
feast replete with colorful veggies!

Menu (I may forget some bits)

appetizers (pizzelle cookies, peanut butter cups, fresh figs from their
tree, grapes, crackers w/tracytreefrog's dip)
sparkling juices -- pomegranate, cranberry, blueberry -- along w/other drinks
vegan potato-leek soup w/a touch of lemongrass
roasted cherry tomatoes
salad of baby plum tomatoes & baby mozzarella balls
sogwife's veggie-and-almond salad
roasted red peppers
huge tray of other roasted veggies: corn, portabellas, squash, beets,
parsnips, carrots, onions, eggplant
salmon -- I took a little taste, and it was the best I've ever had
dessert was homemade whole-wheat berry cobbler with choice of soy ice
cream, real ice cream, or cool whip
Oh, and my favorite gummy candies, because loracs wubs me

No angst, no sorrow, no gnashing of teeth. Just a resolve, and a peaceful one at that, to make the next 35 as much of a journey towards myself as the first 35 were.

I've always thought I would decide by the time I was 35 whether or not to have children; I guess they're not in the cards. Also, I guess I thought I'd feel less like a kid by now, but I don't. I feel younger than I did at 17.

Ah, well, good journey so far. May the wind be at my back the rest of the way.