It's great that you're still doing well and still in love. That's a good sign too, at least statistically, right? At least what I've read and heard suggests that marriage trouble usually surfaces well before the first 11 years, if it is going to surface. Of course, there's always the chance that at 57 you will fall in love with your 22-year-old gardener and run away with him, but my guess is that you're safe until then!
I do remember the cancer but didn't know you couldn't have kids. Sorry about that, of course, but if you don't really want kids anyway then it's all for the best. It sounds like we do agree about something here. It always strikes me as an act of extreme optimism about the world and its future when my friends have kids, an optimism I can't quite share, even though I love kids and wish them all the best.
I still do some writing, and I taught a college course this fall, as I do occasionally, which went very well, actually. But I have had a big change: I've been making art of my own for some years now, works involving multiple photographs, and I've been focusing on that this year. I've had two shows so far, and some sales, not enough to live on yet, but I've only been showing for less than a year. Doing this work makes me so happy too; all my deepest interests and passions are reflected in it, and it feels like the work I've been meant to do for my whole life. So I've found something new at 60!
Best wishes for health, wealth, happiness, and I hope to read your occasional wise advice posts here!
Thomas
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