Throughout the 18-year history of this blog site, I've posted various series, or episodes, of interesting facets about my life.  For example, TRANSITIONS: On 13May2014, Part 1--Overview and Early Youth 14May2014, Part 2--Kindergarten    13July2014, THE FINAL TRANSITION : Part 15B--Who Believes in God and the Afterlife? More recently, I've begun two more, and they confuse even me:  MY LIFE and MY FAMILY.  They are so closely related, that I thought it would be useful for me to indicate the difference. Way back in May, I started a series on MY LIFE.  The 15th episode was posted on September 5.  These will continue. MY LIFE: Part 3i--Incredible Journeys during Reti... MY LIFE: Part 3h--Incredible Journeys during Reti... MY LIFE: PART 3g Pearl's Ashes--Machu Picchu MY LIFE: PART 3G Pearl's Ashes--Mount Kilimanjaro MY LIFE: PART 3G Pearl's Ashes--The Taj Mahal MY LIFE: Part 3F: Gratitude....Not Grief MY LIFE: Part 3e Pearl's Ashes MY LIFE: Part 3d MY LIFE: ...

The cruise continues with two days at-sea, getting into St. John's, Newfoundland on Thursday, August 20.  I'll be including activities on board, but this period allows me to provide further episodes for a couple of series I earlier began.  Today, Part 3g of My Life. The story of My Life began  as a post on 31May2026, after I realized that, from the age of 5, my life could be represented by three periods of 27 years:  education, work and retirement.  To summarize: The average person spends the first 20 to 25 years growing up and going to school, the next 40 years working, and the final phase in retirement, generally only around 10 years. My life: I was born in 1940, and my life expectancy was supposed to only be 45.    This comes from Google AI citing Our World Data. I was born in Hawaii, not then yet part of the USA, but if I asked Google AI, what would my life expectancy be if I were born in the U.S. in 1940, the answer was 61.4. Were I to ask, since...

  As the World Turns . Sure, there was a TV soap opera from 1956 to 2010 on CBS that had 54 seasons and 13,858 episodes. About a fictional town in Illinois on the tribulations of upper class families. Produced mostly female stars, like Meg Ryan, Julianne Moore, Marisa Tomei and Amanda Seyfried. Was not the longest running, for that title belongs to Guiding Light . In London, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer ( on the right ) is expected to resign tomorrow. Andy Burnham ( on the left) will probably be the next PM.  Who is he?  Another day. Brexit has seriously hurt the economy,   Hate crimes have increased in England and Wales. But London remains very safe for visitors.   Just use common street sense, as you should anywhere you go. About homicide, London is 3 times safer than New York City, 5 times better than Los Angeles and 15 times lower than Philadelphia and Chicago. About that Memorandum of Understanding discussion between Iran and the USA: Has n...