2012 Wrap Up
Well, 2012 is just
about gone, and what a year it was. But like most years, when I come to the end
of them, I’m not all that sad to see it go. It’s not that I’m rushing to get to
the end of my life. Somehow I just don’t relate the marking off of days from
the calendar with the passing of my life. A major disconnect there I know, but
I think most of us might be a little guilty of that. We know there’s an end out
there somewhere creeping up on us, but we don’t like to consciously acknowledge
it. Anyway, here’s my wrap up of 2012. It was the first full year of my
retirement from the working world rat race…I lost by the way…the rat won. But
in my case it was probably because I let him - I’m a notorious underachiever.
But with all my newfound spare time, I did manage to write two books and get
them published on amazon.com. And I’m just wrapping up the third one as we
speak. All those creative juices have been there all this time, but didn’t get
turned loose until I retired. I traveled to the West Coast to San Diego this
year to visit my granddaughter, Elyce. So now I have officially been to all
three coasts of the U.S. of A. There’s still much of this country I would like
to explore, but the chance of that gets slimmer and slimmer every day. But that’s
okay. I love our little place in Ivanhoe, TX and am content to spend my
remaining calendar days there. Now here’s a list of my favorite Movies, Books,
and Music of 2012….
Movies: The
Hobbit, The Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man, John Carter, MIB 3, Skyfall,
Seeking a Friend at the End of the World, Looper, and Prometheus. And in the
animated category: Tangled and Brave.
Books: Prides of Sol, Flight of the Solar Archangel,
A Nepenthean Solution, The Children of Danu – Imperator, Last of the Chosen, Knights of the Chosen,
Voice of the Chosen, Time Travelers Never Die, First Time, Lost Time, Some of
the Time, Saving Time, All the Time in the World, A Thousand Miles Away, The
Nice Guy, The Return of the Nice Guy, Up to Bat, Last at Bat, TimeKeeperS, The
Second Ship, Immune, Wormhole, Season Of The Harvest, First Contact (In Her
Name), Evolution of a Sad Woman, Mercury Falls, Mercury Rises, The God Theory,
and of course my own two books: World of Destiny Book 1: Rescued and Book 2:
Dissolution.
Music: I’m not
that into music anymore…don’t know why. Only album I bought this year was by
the Piano Guys and I downloaded only two songs and they were Adele’s “Rolling in
the Deep” and Bruno Mar’s “The Lazy Song” which I quickly dubbed as my personal theme song.
Favorite Food in 2012:
It’s still Lasagna but, since I’ve been on a diet this year, my wife makes it
with eggplant instead of noodles. Yummy!
Favorite thing to do:
Sit on the front porch in the morning drinking coffee with my wife.
Favorite thing that
happened: Or didn’t in this case…The World Didn’t End!
So from the above lists it’s easy to see where all my time
and money go. And the list of books above just represents some of my favorites
and only about a third of the ones I read this year. I love my kindle!
I would have to say that 2012 was a good year overall. But
out with the old and in with the new as they say.
Goals for 2013:
Finish book three and get it out there. Write a private eye novel. Spend as
much time as possible with my wife, kids, and grandkids. Make new friends…not
that the old ones aren’t good ones…it’s just that I don’t have too many of them
(my kids and grandkids joke that I don’t have any and it’s not too far from the
truth). Keep love and peace in my heart
and try to stay positive about the world when I don’t see enough of it there. Happy New Year Everyone!
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