And creative cooking.

Or to phrase is another way, “I’ve spent my lifetime learning skills that I will never have”.

Other than that, I’m pretty good at my job - fixing projects that are off track.

...when to worry and when not to, so they could have a more relaxed parenting experience.

Most first time parents are scared to pieces because they get home with their precious new baby and realize they don't know a damned thing, so everything scares them - hiccups, sneezing, spitting up, all the different colors of poop, you name it. It was common to walk into an exam room to see parents with anxious faces and their shoulders up near their ears with tension. And, it was very gratifying to see smiles on their faces and relaxed shoulders after they'd spent half an hour with me.

If I could have restricted my appointments to new parents and young babies, I'd probably still be working. Just shy of turning 70 in 2021, the prospect of another summer doing school and sports physicals on dramatic, hypochondriacal teenage girls filled me with dread, and it was time to hang up the stethoscope.

I have found out that I have something of a talent for making earrings and beaded bracelets. I've never had any sort of artistic hobby. I can't paint, draw, or sculpt. I don't knit, crochet, needlepoint, sew, or scrapbook. So, this is a very recent endeavor - about a year at most.

Friends and family members keep telling me I should open an ETSY shop but no way, for 2 reasons - I'm a terrible procrastinator, so customers would be pissed off about how long it would take me to mail things, and if I were trying to sell my creations, it would be something I felt I had to do, and then I wouldn't want to.

them. I used to make teddy bears . But it was a hit or miss business. Went to craft shows to sell.TY for sharing.

Many years ago my dear aunt surprised me with boxes of beautiful supplies and gifted me with the love of crafting. I still think of her when I make cards for friends and family.

...understanding issues in Energy and the Environment.

My greatest thing ever at being good at something, was in convincing my wife to fall in love with me, as I was in love with her.

Pattern recognition and synthesis. I give good thought.

I don't know about that, but my cooking has never sent anyone to the hospital.

I can copy Morse code at 35 words per minute.

on a wet basement floor after chugging a six-pack. Just kidding. I’m not very good at that particular sport.

Actually, I’m considered a force of nature when it comes to the card game cribbage.

Hadn't thought of that game in years.

Growing up, we had a little table that was a cribbage board with a little felt bag tied to one of the legs to hold the pegs. I suspect that pack of cards were usually on the table.

That table was always parked next to the couch and a casual game was frequent activity.

Thanks for the memory.

I have a way of inviting people to look at things differently. To bring them home to their own strengths and wisdom and connection to their source. I help people clean off all the shoulds that have been should upon them to get to their own truth instead of living the truths they've been told.

would respond with an enthusiastic "making whoopee", but instead I got an emphatic "making a mess of everything". Apparently bolstering my self esteem is something that she's not very good at.

I’ve built a few as well. It’s going to be my side business after I retire next year.

Please let me be shy!

earth with heavy equipment to give families a beautiful place to build their home .

...professionally.

Had my new PCP unburden himself to me on my first visit today.

What could I say? I was complimented.

Cats, rats, guinea pigs, chinchillas, fish, iguanas, whatever.

It's not that I'm good at a lot of things but two things come to mind.

I'm good at detecting BS, lies, exaggerations, hyperbole, etc.. When I encounter someone doing those things my internal danger flags pop up. I don't directly challenge the person but I will ask them questions about what they saying/talking about. I'll ask followup questions to the point the person either admits they don't know what they're talking about or they just give up. I love doing this when there's a group of people and there's a blowhard blowing smoke.

The other thing I was good at was when I was in the AF, I built AF cargo pallets of medical supplies/equipment. Many of the containers we used were of different dimensions so it was like fitting a jigsaw puzzle together. We couldn't exceed certain height/width, the pallet had to be balance so no side was heavier that the other, as well as putting the pallet cover and netting on correctly.

That last one though, is in decline. I don't play like I used to. Age has caught up.

experience with, or knowledge of.

I'm not very smart, but I'm tenacious.

Also, I'm sometimes called "Cassandra" by people who know me, because I seem to have a knack of predicting outcomes with accuracy.

jewelry making
crochet
cooking, particularly "off the cuff" (as in making something out of whatever is on hand)