As a member of the local bridge club, I love the opportunity to advance in rank. The American Contract Bridge League has a rank titled Life Master. What an awesome title for an achievement award. “Life Master”. At 70 something, I aspire to master life. I can tell you it’s not easy. My blog is about my adventures in achieving life mastery, specifically as a husband and father; neither of which are easy. I’ve been a dishwasher, janitor, line cook, commercial fisherman, restaurant owner, food service director, and various other things along the path to life mastery. I’ve been a skier, tennis player, fly-fisherman, hiker, biker, lover of life. I have loved and been loved. Despite my stumbles and bumbles along the way, I’ve extracted as much of life as I could along the way.