Vanished Friend

I went to the museum this morning and visited with Linda and got the email address of Patty's sister and sent her an email. Hard to believe Patty's gone. Here we are in October 2009, our last visit.

The words to a poem I read way back in high school keep coming to my mind today and I am reminded not to put off communicating with old friends!

Around the corner I have a friend

In this great city that has no end;

Yet days go by, and weeks rush on,

And before I know it, a year is gone,
And I never see my old friend’s face,

For life is a swift and terrible race.

He knows I like him just as well

As in the days when I rang his bell
And he rang mine.
We were younger then,

And now we are busy, tired men;

Tired with trying to make a name

Tired with playing a foolish game,
‘Tomorrow,’ I say, ‘I will call on Jim,

Just to show that I’m thinking of him.’

But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes,

And the distance between us grows and grows.
Around the corner!— yet miles away ...

‘Here’s a telegram, sir.

Jim died today.’
And that’s what we get and deserve in the end

Around the corner, a vanished friend.

by Charles Hanson Towne (1877-1949)

On a good note, I had a visit from a cousin this afternoon. We had lots of good times together as kids but don't get to see each other very often now.

My grapes are getting big!