Good morning, everybody. This is Ian Ortley.

Broadcasting early, the weekly weather. You're at the bright red desk on a beautiful Sunday morning, and it's July 16, 2017.

I'm on vacation next week. I'm actually on retreat. I read the course. I'm going up to the Young Center up

in Rhinebeck, and they're having this wonderful class on getting old and what to do about

being older, you know, bucket list for the last half of life. So I read it to my good friend,

Ann Dunford, who I've known her since, we've known each other since the bus to mercy in ninth grade.

So 1968.

And she's in Ares with the Scorpio Moon, and she goes, that really does not sound like, except I'm trying to get her to go, right?

I'm reading it to her.

She goes, that just does not sound like fun. It just doesn't sound like fun. You can sit around with a bunch of Jungians and you're going

to talk about getting old? And I'm like, yeah, I mean, it sounds great to me, you know. I mean,

it sounds fabulous. And, of course, she's in areas with the Pice... She's in areas with the Scorpio Moon. She's like, my worst nightmare.

Why would I want to do that?

So I'm really excited about it, but I also recognize not everybody's cup of tea.

But I'm thrilled.

It's got 70 people attending.

Got 30 people on the wait list.

And I'm looking forward to learning all sorts of cool new stuff.

Plus, some of my favorite, favorite writers are speaking.

So I have books.

I have writing.

I have my little notebook.

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