There were a lot of significant benchmarks in the summer and fall of 2015.

There was my 50th high school reunion and 50 years of friendship and musical

partnership with Mike McCoy. My older brother celebrated his 70th birthday

and my younger brother retired. Those moments combined with others involving

lifelong connections or friendships made me realize that, in my own way,

I was arriving where I started and able to see things with new eyes and as

if for the first time.