I watched "Three Violent People" some time ago. It seems to be full of references to you, birthday boy. Whether I wanted or not, I had to think about them when seeing your thread today. Like when you posted: I am 34 years old on this day. The film would answer: Years of dust, I'm afraid. Or: Nothing different ever happens. Just the same thing over and over. Your job was mentioned, too: I may decide to take up teaching again. Teaching is genteel.
Then, to top it all, Charlton Heston as Capt. Colt Saunders walks leisurely into a perfectly framed landscape and states: That south wind always brings the smell of the sage. It smells good. Nice find, isn't it? Let me just add:
Happy Birthday, Sage!