7ty two

7teen in ’71–it

took til now

yonder to go

..

“I’ve been aware of the time going by

They say in the end

It’s the blink of an eye

And when the morning sun

Comes streaming in

We get up and do it again.

Amen.”

Jackson Browne, “The Pretender”

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Yesterday, August 30, 2026, was my 72nd birthday. I was graduated from Glendale High School in 1972, so I am Class of ’72. 72 is two times two times two times three times three: the product of a cube and a square. So in an esoteric way, I feel as though I have just come of age.