Turning Seventy
(a tanka for my family)
Just another day
I made it to seventy
But I won’t be sad
Cuz you’re here to celebrate
And that’s what makes it special
April 20, 2014
Lake Tahoe, CA
Laurie & Renee Sluser, Ken, Nathanael & Shara Chawkin
Here is a link to the beautiful chalet we stayed in. Renee posted a picture of me and the kids on a park bench by the lake. Shara posted some pics of Dad’s 70th at Lake Tahoe, including some I took. And someone offered to take the group photo of us on a dock, which I cropped for this post. Nathanael took a picture of me making a birthday wish. This early photo and quote of Maharishi was posted on Facebook by Mona Kägi-Causemann, which Renee forwarded to me.
Friend and poet Bill Graeser posted this poem for me on his blog: Turning Seventy and Other Tragedies.
See A wonderful birthday poem from John Burns — The Truly Great — by Stephen Spender.
The Uncarved Blog 