Two Birthdays

02008-02-02 | Ottmar, Photos, Santa Fe | 13 comments

I walked to Ohori’s for coffee this morning and took the above pic on the way home.

Thanks for the birthday greetings! I have two birthdays in less than a week. Yesterday I turned 49 according to western counting, meaning I completed 49 years since my birth, and if it takes 7 years to regenerate every cell in a body I have now completed 7 such cycles.

According to the Chinese calendar my 50th birthday will occur on February 7th. I was born during the last few days of the year of the dog and all dogs from that year, the 1958-Brown-Earth-Dog-year, which lasted from February 4, 1958 until February 4th, 1959, celebrate their 50th birthday on the Chinese New Year Day, which falls on the 7th.

I wish us all a year of health, usefulness and happiness. No, wait, happiness is a choice… come to think of it, so is usefulness… well, I wish us health in hopes that in time we figure out how to be happy and useful! :)

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Carol on 02008-02-02 at 12:45

So I’m just a little past my 10th cycle. some nice new cells, Some more have been added, a few taken away, and a lot of those recent regenerated ones have rearranged quite about. Tired of being in the same place I guess. That’s interesting.
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Flavio on 02008-02-02 at 17:35

Dear Ottmar!

Happy birthday – for yesterday and for Feb 7th :-)

and thanks for wishing us health – although I believe that this too, under many aspects, is a choice. . .as it may be affected by our life styles, state of mind, and spiritual well-being.

Cheers,

Flavio
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Panj on 02008-02-03 at 1:43

Herzlichen GlÃ¼ckwunsch zum Geburtstag!, Ottmar..and danke sehr for the Health Blessings! OOO and from a fellow Dog…WOOOF!…:-)
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Heather on 02008-02-03 at 6:03

Happy belated birthday and from a Rooster to a dog: happy Chinese birthday (although it appears you get cheated of a year!)

Yes, usefulness and happiness are choices. May your good health continue.
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Anelafoo on 02008-02-03 at 9:17

Santa Fe morning
blue irises open
sound of One Guitar

Happy Birthday and soon to be half a century, still too young to have a birthday in China.
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Carol on 02008-02-03 at 10:59

I’m a dog too. best friends…
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Mike on 02008-02-03 at 16:04

Please come and play in Seattle. Let us know when you get here, so we can come see you. Mike
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victor on 02008-02-04 at 10:38

Happy Birthday
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Panj on 02008-02-04 at 12:51

Ottmar, would you have a source, to find one’s colour…as in ‘brown’ Dog?
I have been searching and have not been able to find a source, and my curiosity has me tapping my fingers…:-)
Hope you won’t mind my sending Carol a ‘tail wag’…:-)
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marc on 02008-02-08 at 20:03

Happy belated birthday(s) Ottmar!
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Anna on 02008-02-09 at 22:02

Happy belated birthday!
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Veronica on 02008-04-21 at 13:14

Happy birthday! Buon compleanno! Buen cumpleano! You don’t get me , do you? Never mind, I am just one of those who saw you in a concert probably 1 years ago in Turin, Italy and have listening to your music ever since, and before than.By chance I discover that you have a diary, I say by chance because despite we live in a web generation I do not really spend so much time on it, and probably miss out on a lot, i don’t know

Fact is that I can communicate with you, it seems strange, something I desired for at least 20 years!!!

well happy birthday though a bit late!!
are you ever playing in London?
ciao
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Veronica on 02008-04-21 at 13:15

Errata corrdige: 15 years ago
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