The Secret of Eternal Youth (not the same as my daughter's blog)

Hubby received a new book in the post today*. It's a biography about Roy Smeck, a famous ukulele player (so I'm told). Hubby made the comment while reading the early part of the book that guitarists die young. Apparently Django Rheinhart died at 43, Eddie Lang at 31 and Charlie Christian at 21 (all guitarists). Hubby tells me they should have been uke players as well. Roy Smeck died at 94.

Today in Australia our oldest person turned 112. Wow!

Mike told me today that now he's a big boy of five he needs to do "long school like Matt". I'm sure Matt would be happy to trade places.

Yesterday when we went to church we noticed another group meeting for a seminar in a different room of the community centre where we meet. As I walked past I noticed signs promoting something called, "The Elixer of Life" and tables with bottles of some unknown substance. Without asking I'm thinking the bottles cost an arm and a leg, and I'm absolutely sure they won't make you live on this earth forever.

I'm not against anyone being concerned about their health, but far more important I think we should be concerned about eternal life:

"For in this way God has loved the world, in that he gave his only begotten son, so that anyone who believes in him might not perish but have life eternal." (Hubby's translation of John 3:16)

*"The Wizard of the Strings In His Life and Times Roy Smeck" Vincent Cortese, iUniverse, Inc, 2004