I'm almost 76, use a walker in my home, drive short distances, so far remain alert and optimistic and involved but in a limited way due to my physical discomfort etc. I hope to have a scooter soon so I can visit interesting places, I also use a w/c when I go out for comfort but need someone to push me about. I can drive for one hour max due to numbness increasing in feet and discomfort/pain. I find I am seldom invited into homes due to having to have someone lift my a w/c in and out of my car, stairs to get up etc., or maybe it is I am just getting older and folks do not see me as a social addition to their group. I have a supportive family but they all work long hours and have their own homes, families to keep up with so I am beginning to feel some what isolated. I would like to hear from others my age who may be confined due to health problems. I feel I am becoming cut off from friends and miss having a really good friend or two. I have severe stenosis of the spine, and neurophy of the feet, am over weight but manage to keep my self presentable, and my home attractive and clean with some help. My main problem is very poor balance hence the w/c, walker and scooter. Best thing about me is I'm a born optomist. Though overweight folks say I am attractive, but what I say to others is because my age I feel I think "frankly my dear, I don't give a dam". I have seven grown attractive,independent, educated, children, all married and doing well. I am a widow. I like being independent. Like most elderly, I live on a limited fixed income, so just make it month to month. I may be poor and getting up in years but I have many interests - - -

Let's see now - - -I hope all this doesn't put the reader to sleep, I love the coast of Maine, and painting, but have to admit I haven't painted in the last few years. My paintings of the Maine coast hang throughout my house. I am not a great painter but enjoy painting. I have had a few years of piano lessons and play just a little for just myself, mostly classical as it is easier to play than more contemporary music. I enjoy reading fiction based on history plus a variety of other type books. I am white not that that matters, worked as a therapeutic recreation director and also was an IBM computer programmer and volunteer director. I am a democrat and think President Obama is a class act and doing the very best he can for our country and feel he is a great president and his family awesome. I watch all the news channels so I get a good view of what is happen as painful as it is to hear and see some times. I enjoy some cooking and decorating TV channels, including the Antique Road Show, Little People and Kate and John Plus 8 on TV are my favorite shows. I will not watch murder programs or violence on T. V. as it would be a double standard at least in my thinking. I've travel some in Europe and the U.S. I enjoy trips to California almost once year w/c, walker and all go in the belly of the plane and somehow I get to where I want to go. I have done a lot of sewing and cooking and gardening over the years but that is very limited or impossible now. I still drive myself to my UCC Congregational Church on Sundays, and am serve on committees etc. I love nature and my home and yard and flowers, though modest I love where I live. Obviously I can use a PC. Now I really want to hear from someone 65+ who wants to have a friend, male or female.To anyone that is still with me and reading this thanks for your time. Please email back.