resolutions when I come to be old

Resolutions When I Come To Be Old 
by Jonathan Swift

Not to

Marry a young Woman. 
Keep young Company unless they really desire it. 
Be peevish or morose, or suspicious. 
Scorn present Ways, or Wits, or Fashions, or Men, or War, etc. 
Be fond of Children, or let them come near me hardly. 
Tell the same Story over and over to the same People. 
Be covetous. 
Neglect decency, or cleanliness, for fear of falling into Nastiness. 
Be over severe with young People, but give Allowances for their youthfull follies, and Weaknesses. 
Be influenced by, or give ear to knavish tattling Servants, or others. 
Be too free of advise nor trouble any but those that desire it. 
Desire some good Friends to inform me which of these Resolutions I break, or neglect, & wherein; and reform accordingly. 
Talk much, nor of my self. 
Boast of my former beauty, or strength, or favour with Ladies, etc. 
Hearken to Flatteries, nor conceive I can be beloved by a young woman. 
Be positive or opinionated. 
Sett up for observing all these Rules, for fear I should observe none.

Jonathan Swift 

I've been meaning to show you that for some time.  It applies today as much as ever.

what are you doing june 6?

That date is not chosen at random; it's  my wedding anniversary. I pulled it because I have just finished two and a half days of arranging my excursions on my upcoming cruise and wondered where I'll be then.  I begin to believe it's going to happen.  Anyway, on June 6 I will be in Rangiroa, French Polynesia, taking a sightseeing ride in a glass-bottom boat. Maybe it's going to happen.

I started writing a daily blog in order to be ready to keep a travelblog of my trip.  So, after all the setbacks and delays, it's about time I started focusing on the trip, isn't it?  See, I don't take pictures, although I have been told I must take a few now that I have a mini-iPad (or is it an iPad-mini?). At that, it's better than loading up with negatives and out-of-focus snaps and all that organizing and cataloging one must do. Make that past tense.  Apparently these days one can get all the pix one wants with an iPhone. I guess it used to be fun for some people to mess about with the photographic detritus of a trip. But oh, pity the ones who had to view your Trip! On all the trips I have taken I have always met a few people who took pictures of me and them in front of something or other and who gave me copies. If the something or other was really interesting I bought a postcard photograph taken by an expert and stuck it in my journal.  Fading memories, also fading photographs. 

I think it's going to happen.