Older than Dirt

Well, it was a lovely birthday. A small dinner with friends Saturday evening - my actual birthday - a variety of salads, chicken from CostCo, Hazel's Hamburger Beans (I understand these are what the gods serve on Mt. Olympus when they have a barbeque), corn on the cob, Laurie's jawdroppingly good chocolate cookies. Mostly, a lot of good talk on the back patio under the tent that gets put up every time I have a patio dinner - good talk with a small group of close friends being my greatest plea...