i had friends who became eggy and managed to stay eggy. [laughter] i envied them. for me, the years following my 60th birthday seemed to be about teaching me something else that, yes, i could become like a child again and enjoy all the pleasures, the wonder a child experiences. but i would have to attempt to maintain this joy in the vicissitudes of the actual world as opposed to the meditative universe i had created with its calming, ever flowing fountain. my travels would take me to the celebrations in washington, d.c. where our new president, barack obama, would be inaugurated. they would carry me the morning after those festivities to faraway burma, myanmar, which would lead to much writing about aung san suu kyi. they would take me to thailand for a lovely trip up river where i could wave happily at the people who smiled back when smiled upon. they would take me to gaza, yes, and much writing about the palestine/israel impasse. to the west bank, to india, to all kinds of amazing places. like, for instance, petra in jordan. who knew? i would find myself raising

it tastes eggy. a plant-based substitute may not sound good to most people.the company can produce a product costing less than a dossen eggs maybe there's room on the table. >> eggs. at the end of the second hour, here is what we are following. mikhail khordorkovsky says he will not enter toll ticks, the comment in berlin. the u.s. special envoy to south sudan is expected to arrive in the war-torn nation to diffuse that crisis. world leaders and u.n. secretary ban ki-moon calling for an end to hostilities. >> in kenya there has been a train derailment. dozens of people may be trapped in the wreckage and under the debris. >> i'm john henry smith, if you like games that matter, the n.f.l. has what you are looking for, a preview of a big day in profootball, coming up in sports. >> it will be a slippery ride for travellers thanks to snow and ice. we monitor a storm bringing heavy rain and gusty winds. >> i'll have the details coming up. >> i stole eb ni's teas. it is all my fault. i sold her teas. >> richelle carey will pick it up after i get run out of the studi

that with the salt, that's starting to taste eggy. >> a plant based egg substitute may not sound appetizing but if a company can perfect a cholesterol free environmental friendly product perhaps there's room on the tail after all. aljazeera, san francisco. >> the company also plans to release an egg-free cookie dough in february. in october the american egg board countered all this, beginning and educational campaign to persuade consumers to accept no substitutes. >> new study says people on blood thinners after having a extent placed in their heart may not need to take them for as long. the study investigated 3,000 leto medium risk patients found a shorter course of treatment was almost as effective as the long term dosage. this could be helpful to many patients as anally platelets and blood thinning medications could be required less. >> policy makers have to be careful on how they communicate their move. >> we saw that the first time that they tried to national a that it would scale back its program, mortgage rates actually shot up, and folks began having a hard time getting a mortgage,