So young

 Many have asked my secrets to staying so young and healthy. So here they are.

A glass of orange juice every morning, kelp, Tantric massages, chocolate, art, fried bologna, mint tea, walks on the beach at sunset, one alcoholic beverage a day, macaroni and cheese, dirty jokes, growing peonies, tasteful porn, fried chicken livers, shrimp poboys, grandchildren, independent films, making stuff, writing a good sentence, Vaughn Williams’ Serenade to Music, 2 inch eyebrow hairs, rejuvenating moisturizers, French onion soup, a week in Barcelona, a sauna, a hot shower every day, good friends, a dream in which I was flying, the decision to not get pectoral implants, tonic water, no more cavities, conversations with my son, love in all its forms, the color of life in New Orleans, surreal moments, a cup of robust coffee, observing an act of human decency, low salt wrinkle potato chips, Latin American fiction, sex, mentoring, riding trains in Europe, newborns, Jacob Bronowski, Joseph Campbell, Pierre Alechinsky, key lime pie, Art Academy of Cincinnati, cranberry juice, good drawings, Jacomo Pontormo, waiting for a streetcar, a kiss on the nose, nipples, men’s group, grits, laughing at myself, marriage most of the time, Dutch metal, a bicycle built for two, cleaning toilets, sweating heavily, fruit, being honest about myself, IPAs, symmetry, NASA, the philanthropy of people who can’t afford it, homemade soup, sleeping naked, not having to worry about my hair, homemade sun-dried tomatoes, walking places, leisurely swims, surprise tulips planted by squirrels, dancing, Boy Scout values…