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Bowling: A Sub-Theme for Year 58
I'm going to think about bowling often in the coming year.

My 58th birthday is creeping up on me. I’m totally cool with that. It’s a non-milestone birthday, but I will welcome it.
Every year about this time, as June 2nd approaches, I begin to think about what I can do to make this year of my life interesting, fun, and constructive. I don’t always follow through on these ideas, but I’m happy that I still have them.
I have some ideas about what I want 58 to be like for me. Some of these ideas are things I’m going to keep to myself for now, and maybe forever. However I can say this: I think I’d like bowling to be at least one of the sub-themes of my year at 58.
For about a month now, I’ve been thinking about bowling. Bowling is the only sport I can say I’ve had any real formal training in. It was nearly 50 years ago, but I did learn the four-step approach! Ever since then, bowling has been weaving in and out of my life. It’s never been a regular thing, at least not since the leagues I bowled in as a kid, but bowling has always sort of been there, lingering in the background, and occasionally emerging.
So here’s to exploring a bowling-themed 58! More details to follow soon!
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