Greetings

Describe your life in an alternate universe.

I never noticed this before, but we oldies nod and smile as we pass on the street.

I was going to blame my lack of attention to this being a new phenomenon or to me being new to oldness.

Truly doubt either proposition.

It is kind of nice, a recognition of our cohort in a population of carriages or bikes.

How is this day…?

Describe your life in an alternate universe.

Stock media: a space shot.

It’s pretty same-o-same-o today. A day like no other.

From my perch, I see the rings that have made our planet famous. Like Jupiter’s, they are a gassy effusion. And like Jupiter’s, they are very beautiful.

It’s barely past the lunch hour, and I am hungry. This, too, is not unusual.

Like I said, this seems to be shaping up to be an ordinary day.