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Music studies have been with me all of my life, and in some way will be with me to the end.
Instrument building...I'm not sure. I'm in a slow process of focusing and perhaps completing a seven year design project. I've let go of materials and tools for completed/retired work. If instrument building concludes, I may go back to drawing and painting.
Hazel and I will walk daily as long as we can.
I hope to continue friendships with younger neighbors.
Coordinating garden and yard maintenance is a challenge for my wife and me. Our aging bodies help with this, as we both need to simplify and reduce the weight loads we haul.

Recognition of my age and aging is on my mind when I make decisions about what to undertake. I try to focus on completions and to avoid random expansion of projects. I have staked out my ground. My concern now is to work it as deeply as possible and to create a sense of order in my small world.

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I may never give up yoga. I am 76 and have been teaching for over 25 years. Doing yoga most of the time for over 40 years.
Have I changed how I teach? Of course. Have I helped others (and myself) adapt their practice to meet their current situations? You bet! That’s the beauty of yoga - it can change right along with you.
I have rhumatoid arthritis and it has caused pulmonary fibrosis (called RAIL-D). I use oxygen most of the time and when the RA kicks in I teach sitting in a chair.
It’s important to do what you love. Don’t give it up people - change the way you do it! Be well everyone!