TGIF

I'm off from work again today, but I am not sure what I will do all day. Looks like it will be sunny and warm, though. The one thing on my agenda is a visit with my friend Barry. He invited me to drop in for a cup of coffee after lunch. I am looking forward to that.

Barry is a retired school counselor from the Chicago area. When he retired, he and his wife Carol moved to Christmas Mountain, up the road a bit and on land that once was part Tom's extended-family farm. In those days, it was called Coon Bluff. Today it is a golf resort (with skiing in the winter), and Barry and Carol are both avid golfers. They spend the winter months golfing in Florida. What a life, I guess, if you like golf.

Anyway, he and I get together about once a eek when he is in town just to talk about how things are going. They just got back from Florida a few weeks ago, but family and golfing stuff has meant we haven't talked for a couple of weeks. I'm not sure what Carol will be up to -- probably shopping or at the casino or substitute-grandmothering for neighbors' kids. Barry and I will sit out on his deck overlooking the golf course and discuss eternal verities and temporal vanities.

Why does this remind me of Pappaw sitting on the bench down at Shahan's and watching the cars go through Whitehouse?