At this milestone birthday I return to the words of Henry Miller: "Once you have given up the ghost, everything follows with dead certainty, even in the midst of chaos." I don't know that age had anything to do with this outlook. Maybe life experience got him there.

Mom used to make me red velvet cake for my birthday. While I was in West Palm, I used to make my own. Here, I have looked for it in the supermarkets but have never seen any. Yesterday I went to Fred Meyers and lo and behold, there it was, a whole red velvet cake - on sale. That and some IPA rounded out my exciting evening. I guess I have already given up the ghost. I went to Fred Meyers because from the apartment complex I could see the backup on 520 and I didn't want to go near that by crossing over 520 and Avondale (*not Avalon). Y'all have a great day. It's Friday.