Being 5 years your junior (turning 75 in 2024) the numbers are daunting. And, so many of my dearest friends are approaching or have reached 80. I keep remembering my 60th birthday party and everybody saying "60 is the new 40." Which, by the way, is bullshit. But, I sat amazed at how fast the previous 15 years had gone, knowing that the next 15 would go by even faster, and said to myself, "Nobody says 75 is the new anything!" No patronizing (comforting) bullshit is expecting upon my next birthday.