Oh, man...I had to be seriously persuaded to join, let alone join the admin team of a community of "oldies". In my head, I'll always be 26 and never a day older than about 36!! But that's my head...let's not talk about the rest of it.

So much of what you say resonates - the tech, the changes the young people (and older ones) welded to their phones, a place to keep one's photos, musings...and...

I do agree with you that this iteration of Hive is a much nicer place than its predecessor. Also, while I'm not entirely sure about communities either, I rather like this eclectic one and found myself doing a first post in one of those communities to which I've subscribed but in which I've never posted....

Best I stop now and breathe...

Look forward to more of your silver musings....