I’m not going, yet… I’m mostly healthy and fit, a lot of bumps and bruises from life.   It is nearing autumn, friends had died this past year, and the memory of their incomplete lives haunts me.   The rustling bones of autumn leaves dance in the wind.   My writing, art, and creative work… too much is incomplete too many dreams still to live.   I face this imperative each morning at sunrise   Write more! Publish the poems! Varnish the paintings. Create more projects for peace   and a few more dozen countries still to see.   I want to wander in the Himalayas again. Sip tea with friends in Ibb, Yemen. Photography the Serengeti migrations. Play my guitar at the Court of the Lions. Sail to the heart of mysteries unimagined. Dance with my love at Carnival in Rio and this an all too brief  list.   I  want to savor each succulent dream, suck out the marrow, and lick my fingers with delight at this tasty feast.   NEWS: 18 August 2017  Please consider my new book “Celebrate Life,” CLICK HERE And also, our Kindness Campaign at www.gracecares.org   http://www.gracecares.org/building/ –   Is the new Peace Arts Project in New Orleans.  THANK YOU   – Namaya and Zoe