Thoughts from Portugal

For LL

Very pleasant here LL. In the mid twenties centigrade. So, nice and warm without being scorching. I know you have never been to Portugal, but you perhaps should as the Portuguese are far friendlier than the Spanish.

Your social media makes me laugh. In nearly every recent post, it is all about alcohol and food. Who do you post those shots for...yourself? For me? If the latter, don't bother. I would be more interested in hearing what you think of where you have ended up, against where you could have been.

And...

...if you think you are rubbing my nose in something through those posts, forget it. I find them laughable...and him.

I'm not sure where you figured in my life. An aberration perhaps, a short term 'nightmare', a dysfunctional female. Whatever you were back then, I fell in love with you. That love sadly has long since dissipated. Diluted down to nothing by the passage of time, and your actions. That hasn't happened in the case of my first or second wife, both sadly passed on. Maybe that tells you something. It certainly does for me.

I never thought of you as having a narrow outlook but thinking about it, it seems you do. From adhering to a small town, through virtually the same vacation destinations year after year (there have been exceptions I know, but few of them) to those repetitive weekends and repetitive restaurants. I would hate that...and you thought I was boring! You got that wrong, big time.

Why do I write this stuff? - to rub your nose in what you missed out on, and to convey how I see things now with the added perspective of time.

You may have noticed that I'm a great fan of the Red Sox these days. That's a change for me, as I hardly followed the sport in the past. Now I'm a regular at Fenway Park, when I'm in that neck of the woods.

There are more billionaires in the US than anywhere. So much so that having a mere billion in assets doesn't get you anywhere near Forbes Rich List. I'm not on the list of course but guess what, early this year I made the club. The $bn club that is. Long way from your life isn't it, and a long way from where you thought you might be if you had chosen to follow me and committed. You have made a lot of bad decisions in your life, by your own admission, but I think you know which one was the worst decision you ever made.

Now Eurovision is over, exploring Lisbon calls. Someone you know was highly amused by this coffee place .....

Ciao

 or should I say....

Bom Dia!