Sixty at Sixty - A Final Accounting

A year ago, to celebrate turning sixty, I set myself a challenge to complete sixty different activities before my sixty-first birthday. Ambitious right?  Too ambitious as it turned out as here I am a year later and I haven't made it to sixty - but I did manage forty-eight, many of them, things I would not have done if it weren't for the challenge. It certainly made me aware of the vast range of activities and opportunities that are out there if you only look. It's too easy to stick to what you know or to find excuses as to why you can't do something, which means it is so easy to miss out on a lot of what life offers. And you don't always have to spend a lot of money to partake, it's amazing how many free events there are if you know where to look!

So what did I get up to?

A Visit to the Ernest Hemingway: Between Two Wars, Morgan Library and Museum Exhibit

The first cool weekend of fall provided the ideal opportunity to visit the ‘Ernest Hemingway: Between Two Wars’ exhibition which recently opened at the Morgan Library and Museum in midtown Manhattan.

Laid out chronologically, beginning with Hemingway’s high school years, the exhibits include letters, draft manuscripts and excerpts from published work providing a fascinating insight into Hemingway’s writing process and personality.

An Evening With Michael Connelly and Martin Cruz Smith

I’ve mentioned before that Michael Connelly was one of my favorite authors, but I have never heard him speak in public so when I saw an event advertised at the New York Public Library billed as “Masters of the mystery genre, bestselling-authors Michael Connelly and Martin Cruz Smith will reveal how they've kept readers at the edge of their seats for decades,” it seemed like an opportunity not to be missed.