Reflections and Life 2026

Febuary 16th,2026. Good Morning World! My broken right arm is till healing and painful these days, it is now going on four weeks since I broke it in a fall. I miss the fun things i used to do, bowling and playing pool and the people I did it with. Iuries like this at 70 years of a age are not something I wish on anyone! That said, my rcovery, I know will be laong one, so time will tell how it goes.

I predicted the SuperBowl correctly once again, as the Seahawks beat our Patriots. Now a days I am watching the Winter Olympic games and cheering on our people. I wa sorry to see Lyndsey Vonn go down in her final run, and I hope she heals well.

As I agem it seems I need to be more careful amd move slower. Falling was not in my plans at 70 for sure and I am paying the prince daily now as I attempt to heal. Slings and Doctors and pain creams it is now. As to how long it may take to heal completely, well I was told two weeks at first, then it went by, next I was told 4 to six weeks, and when I looked it up online, it said six months to a year So time will tell. It is hard to sleep in pain nightly.

The political climate in America is getting worse daily. Thne fighting and shutdowns keep happening. The economical conditions worsen for the middle class and below as the rich get richer each day. As the world order is changing as our allies drop us one by one under Trumps Administration. The Russian / Ukraine war rages on. There is no solution in site, no matter what Trump says.

As time carries on, I stay alone and mind my own as usual. I have only myself, and I putter around my condo is all. I play video games, I watch yv and read now and then. I only go out to get my mail daily, go to thr store for food, or to doctors as needed. I am slowly becoming much like a hermit who only pops up once in a blue moon. Socially I am awkward at times and know, it too. Basically, a loner is what I am these days. Never was or will be a social buttrtfly, or popular person. Never was a ladies man, of handsome either, just an average man is all. I have come to the conclusion, I will be alone till I pass. I think I had my relationships with women basically, I had a total of 40 years, married. 12 in one and 28 in the second, not bad if ya ask me. I miss my wife and always will, but time ticks on anyway. I can’t bring her back, it will be five years come August of 2026.

Anyway, what is next I do not know. I have resigned myself to day to day living. Like the old TV show One Day at a Time. Times change, needs stay the same, and hopes remain. The older I get the more skeptical and the more I am learning that relationships don’t happen at my age. So, I have naturally become more isolated than ever before in my life. Safety first is what I say. Self preservation always.