It's amazing, how quickly a half-century of living has gone by...

As I return to my desert apartment, each night, I often think about the course my life has run, and the choices I've made...

...from rejecting my father's 'blueprint' for my future, to world-wide adventures in the Air Force, and beautiful Kate, my first love...finally accomplishing my Dream of a College Degree, then turning away from traditional Art, to pursue humor...the success and recognition Caricatures for All Occasions provided, at a price...Martha, the catalyst who turned my whole life around, in my mid-forties...the initial excitement but gradual frustration of the years in North Myrtle Beach, leading me to gamble everything on a future in the ultimate city of 'Chance', Las Vegas...and with 'Sin City' not being, thus far, the 'End of the Rainbow', financially, I've begun to remember a childhood dream, of living in Hawaii...but that, at present, remains just a fantasy...

I sometimes feel more than a twinge of melancholy about the paths I might have taken, had events occurred differently, but I've had a helluva good run, so far, and I know that my story isn't finished, yet! I've been blessed with a talent, an itch to see new places, and I've been set upon a course that will lead me to whatever destiny is in store for me. As Mark Twain wrote, "All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure..."

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