IT IS 2005! SUDDENLY,without warning, I am 53 years old! DAMN!! WHERE DID ALL THAT GRAY COME FROM????? And I guess it was bound to happen. The years have been rumbling by and ya kinda wonder how 30 of them can slip away.....On a cold March morning, my mother awakes with major problems! Utter confusion and well, she just did not know how to use her hands. Another trip to the hospital and this time I can't imagine her coming home. It does not look promising after 5 days....then yet again, on the 6th day.....oh OK, she can go home, but let her eat breakfast first....Hmm, I still don't understand that one. It is obvious though she is gonna need more attention. Well, see what we can do. Four weeks later, my father dies. Definitely a major point in the Life and Times of.

Sometimes you wonder if this stuff ever happened! Did it? The late 50's. I don't really recall any joyful family life. My father would work and come home and drink, even more on the weekends and holidays were downright terrifying! Needless to say it was a strained relationship that will probably last an eternity.... Oh well....the frivolous life style and cavalier attitude, a trademark throughout the life and times of, had encountered that most foriegn of concepts....RESPONSIBILITY!!!!

It is January 2010. Wow. It has been years since I even typed anything for the life and times.....been awhile cause it has not been a time full of happiness and joy. Many obstacles suddenly filled that traveled path....where does one begin....again.