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10/5/2022

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       A few days ago I turned 71. Funny, but turning 71 didn't feel nearly as momentous as turning 70 did ​(See post from 10/5/2021, https://www.ailantha.com/blog/70).
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      In fact, this birthday didn't feel momentous at all. It felt like...I don't know...just another birthday. But a very nice one. I received many phone calls - including a wonderful surprise call from a dear old childhood friend - and a finity of birthday wishes on Facebook.
​      My sister sent me a beautiful box of cupcakes. 
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     Tom and the kids took me out to dinner at Harvest, a pizzeria that looks like a house,
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...where one may enjoy one's pizza on the front porch if one so wishes,
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...though we opted to eat our pizzas inside,
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...where they were no less yummy.
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     After dinner we headed for Tommy and Emily's house where we had birthday cake. I made the cake. It fell apart. I don't know why. We ate it anyway. It was delicious.
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      And I felt none the worse for being 71.
      Maybe entering a new decade of life is something like plunging into a pool: a shock to the system at first, but then you get acclimated. So I guess I'm now acclimated to the idea of being in my seventies. As long as I don't dwell on it too much.
​      Or look in the mirror too much.
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Karla
10/7/2022 06:21:16 am

Bill and I add our belated birthday wishes, Patti.
So glad you had a very special day❣️
Karla

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Patti
10/7/2022 07:19:47 am

Oh, thank you, Karla and Bill. I hope all is well with you!

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