Sometimes I realize that a path I decided to take didn’t lead to where I wanted it to go. I am a philosophical guy so I also wander “what if I had taken this path instead of…”

Maybe one of the hardest things in life is to admit that you are on the wrong path and then to do something about it. I don’t think that question will ever leave my mind while it is still functioning.

When I came across the image to the right, I immediately thought “This is Me”. I have LOTS of thoughts in my mind, but they are usually in some patterned order.

I think the reason this topic came up is that I am now fully in the LOMO mode. That is “Life On My Own”. I have been in my RetCom (retirement community) for almost 4 years now and in the last year or so, I have been LOMO and loving it.

When I got married in 1986 I had been in the LOMO mode for sixteen years. It was just my Dachshund “Sam” and me. Due to an utterly painful dating life I was finally convinced that I was just a LOMO guy. Then my future wife asked me out on a date, and things changed quickly. Married life lasted 36 years until 2021.

After she passed I tried to continue on a social tract, that she and I were on but that proved very stressful and unsuccessful. It took three years to finally recognize the fact that without her, a social life was just to anxiety ridden. So, here I am LOMO again. I don’t know how long this one will last. No one in my family has ever lived as long as I currently have. I know I am on borrowed time now, so I intend to make it fun/interesting/helpful/enjoyable. RJsCorner, my new artsy life, and my kindred spirit, among other things, make joy happen every day.