Well, since you have asked about what is on my mind, I have actually been thinking more and more about our universe. I find, now that I am 75, I am becoming more interested in dark matter, time bending, black holes, quantum physics, alternate universes. It’s like there is some energy out there that is pulling me in and I amazed every time I find a new bit of information.
I feel that we are living in a big magic box and each time I hear of a new discovery or dimension, my eyes and my mind pop with excitement.
Is my new curiosity due to the fact that I am at the last quarter of my life on earth and am feeling the gravitational pull from some place “out there?”
Tell me what are some of your thoughts!
ElderChicks 
No, it is not BECAUSE you are 75 but despite you are that your mind still is active and anxious to learn. You belie the thought that seniors slow down mentally. It isn’t some supernatural force but the force of the intellect to never stop inquiring and learning!! May that force always be with you!!!!
I love the whole idea of this and the connection to aging. I’m going to start concentrating more on what’s out there. Thanks, Elena.
It may be that you’re thinking more about those things because you have a bit more time to let that mind roam. I’m constantly amazed at what I don’t know yet. I’m more acutely aware now that there’s still so much to learn and time is slowly but surely running out! Lois
To the kindred souls of Elena, Jackie, Thelma & Lois…’Is anybody out there?’ A question I have asked since I was a little girl. (that was a bit after Noah’s flood) Question, that is not on the tip of everybody’s tongue or even contemplated in a quiet moment. So thank you all for standing up. I shall put myself out there for anybody to confront, criticize, even ridicule.
Yes I do believe there is life out there, not in our shape or form but life. If a virus can multiply, can I use the word procreate? that is a living form of life. It amazes me that the NASA-ITES seem to only look at places that are carbon based with lots of water , maybe a Starbuck on the corner too. A living entity can survive on very different elements. If you feel/think we have been visited by others in the past and have seen cave drawings of what looks like space suits carrying suitcases…could it be these life forms need the spacesuits to survive here on earth?
Why do we, humans, think we are the cat’s meow and causally dismiss there could be hundreds of entries more intelligent and advanced than us? That some might have come in the past to help us advance?
If time and space could/might be considered a loosely woven mesh that encircles the universe then could there be a wrinkle in time where it over lapse itself and makes time travel accessible? What if it is our great, great,great grand kids that are traveling back to see how we have ruined their planet???
We call our ancient relatives primitives. Are we considered primitives by others?