2024

 

I didn't really think about 2024 being The Year I Turn 70, or think of 70 as much different than 60 or 50. Maybe I thought once or twice, "Wow, I really should have had my books out ten years ago," but I didn't lose sleep over it.

That is, until NFL coaches Bill Belichick and Pete Carroll got fired, and the word on the pundit TV sports shows said it was because they were just too old. 

Too old? They're only a couple years older than I am.

Does that mean I'm "too old?"

No, I didn't start losing sleep over it, but it did make me pause and think about age and mortality. And whether I should be running the Piker Press at my age.

Then I thought about what it is I do. I read, I edit for grammar and spelling. I do simple formatting. I decide what I think is worth reading and what I think is not. What has age to do with that? Especially the grammar and spelling. Who knows how to do that these days? Not a majority, by any means. But I do, and part of the reason I do is that I am over 70 -- spell check wasn't invented when my grammar and spelling had to be perfect in order to get a perfect grade.

So here it is, 2025, and in a few months, I'll be 71.

Pete Carroll and Bill Belichick have already been hired to be head coaches again, and they sure didn't have to go begging for opportunities. Good for us, guys.