Big news in my life, I am joining a club, we are calling it the Fabulous Old Men’s Club because I know a couple of fabulous old men I love who want to join. Think of it, a club that will have me. The idea for the club started when I was talking to Paul Moshimer, on the left (we are eating at a restaurant next to Blue-Star Equiculture, we met there this afternoon) and it was his birthday recently. He is in his 60’s also, we agreed that we were each fabulous old men. I said “how about a club?,” and he said sure, and our friend Doug Anderson, a nationally-acclaimed poet and horse lover came to lunch and he said we would join.

Even though she is not a Fabulous Old Man, we invited Nina Galicheva, the photographer and designer (from New York City) to join, she said she couldn’t, but we agreed she was a Fabulous Young Woman. And we decided to keep it male. Pamela Richenback Moshimer and Maria, to the right, may form their own club, they have become good friends.

I love the idea of the Fabulous Old Men’s Club, it sounds like a movie to me. None of us drink for various reasons, so we have decided to have tea and croissants when we met, we have not set a date yet, but I am pushing for bi-monthly meetings. The criterion seem to be creative and engaged men, men with authority issues, men who have fierce ideas and will fight for them and defend them, men who catch a lot of flak for what they believe, men who are happy and fulfilled in their lives.

We have similar ideas about aging. We don’t do old people talk, we don’t lament the good old days, we talk little or nothing about our health, we believe we are at a meaningful and productive time of life, perhaps the best time for each of us. We have all had some serious ups and downs, and I believe all of us strive for empathy and a spiritual life. We all agreed that the biggest problem with men’s groups is that there are no women present, but we will have to get past that.

All of us love women and hope they will save the world from the deprivations and violence of men and we consider them superior to most of the men we have known. We have a lot in common. I am pleased to be a co-founder of this club and greatly look forward to our meetings.