Friday, July 29, 2022

Reminiscing (for Gary)

 


I like Mark Twain. I’ve told many of you


that before. He reminds me of the past


and generally of the way things are presently.


Not exactly, mind you, but reminders of


what life is like for most of us living it day


to day.



I have a friend here on Facebook I worked


with back in the late ‘70s early ‘80s. Many


of the folks we knew and worked with back


then are no longer with us, Ed King, Jim


Koehler, Bob Dunn, Dan Westlake, Robert


Stoltzing, Paul Mahaffey to name a few.



In our mid-seventies now, I suppose we


are two who are fortunate enough to have


made it through. In one of his speeches,


Twain named a few of his contemporaries


who had recently passed away. He concluded


his little monologue with the fact that he


wasn’t feeling all that well himself.



Now, it would be presumptuous of me


to speak for my friend today, but with


Mr. Twain, I certainly can relate.



                              -30-


Chris Hanch 7-29-2022


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