One of my subtle roles has been as a true romantic, one of the boy-girl fall-in-love romantic. It was a theme in the 1920s through the 1950s, but then increasing notes of cynicism crept into popular music\u2014alas. Happily, my second wife is equally romantic. I realized, listening to Frank Sinatra\u2019s songs on my audio-tape cassette and ear phones\u2014that was before whatever is played today with ear-buds, iTunes, I don\u2019t know\u2014, that, hooray, one of the major truths of my life is that I\u2019ve married a woman who is equally romantic and affectionate and everything I\u2019ve always wanted. Romance can also be alive in the 8th decade of life, after 40 years of marriage! Walking around the neighborhood and swinging 5 pound weights, I listened to Sinatra\u2019s ballads and singing along: My voice is the same range as his! Wow! Smiling, smiling. I feel so blessed that I am bathed in my wife\u2019s love. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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