Yes – right smack in the middle of the summer – scratching my head about a COVID year to come. I made the decision to retire. Sometimes the higher power in your life guides you oh so gently to the next stage in your life, and sometimes this higher power comes down like a hammer paving a new road that was beyond clear. Such was the case this summer. This crucible of a summer started early with the COVID craziness. Having to move theatre classes on-line was just a mess. Everything about live theatre was so antithetical to what I believe in theatre. Attached to this was a pleasant reminder that age 62 was creeping up in just days and that involved an invitation to something called Social Security.