I have a hard time doing new, unfamiliar things. I wish that were not the case, but . . . . Traveling in Europe, for instance, I often go to the train station the day before I'm catching a train to see what it's going to be like. If I don't I lose sleep imagining how any things could go wrong. I'm not Mr. Spontaneity. Last December I was in Seattle visiting family and in one day I did two things I'd never done before. I survived, but it took a … [Read more...]