When you take the equation TIME = MONEY and remove
MONEY everything changes. Sometimes, when everything
synchs up, even TIME goes away.

It might be that being at the point in life where "earning
a living" is no longer an issue, being a parent has pretty
much been done (though your kid(s) will always be your
kid(s), regardless of his/her/their age), being the son
or daughter has passed and perhaps being a spouse is
also gone, one finally has, maybe for the first time, the
opportunity to do whatever you want to do.

I've wondered where in life one has the fewest constraints
and the most options, along with the physical abilities to
pursue an option. It seems that the time after high school
or college and before marrying and "settling down" the
first window of opportunity opens - a brief time when
running away and joining the circus can happen. Then
that window closes. Twenty five to thirty five years
later another window opens and you can run away and
join the circus if you want,but are wise enough not to.
This window stays open a lot longer - if you're health
stays good and you choose the right options.

This Metal Period -gold teeth, silver hair ( if you're
lucky) and lead butt if you stop "doing"- is the best of
times. And if you happen to fall into working with
wood, well you'll never run out of things to do or things
to learn.

Truly the best of times.

Enjoy the hell out of it Tom and I look foreward to
the stuff you come up with just because you wanted
to. You will post pics right?

charlie b