Sunday,  Sept. 29, 2013 • Vol. 15--No. 76 • 6 of 49

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• I looked aimlessly out the window and began to shiver more. "It looks like it's cold out there," I complained.
• My wife looked at me with one of those looks that every husband knows and fears, and said, "It should be cold outside, its winter, for Pete's sake."
• "Winter? What happened to summer?"
• "Oh you silly boy," my wife chuckled, "summer's over and winter's brewing."
• I just stared out the window at the bleakness of the morning, wondering where in the world summer went. At the moment, it did not seem possible to me that summer was over. Is not that the way things go? Just as soon as you get used to something, it is over.
• I suppose it is because a person becomes so busy doing the mundane daily things he fails to consider the whole picture. If you do not enjoy what you are doing right now, one day you will look back and wonder where in the world it disappeared.
• At my age, it seems that looking back has become quite a career. I remember when I was young the old folks used to say, "I remember the good old days." I've often wondered what they were talking about. Now I know.
• When I was young, my whole life was looking forward, but now that I am old, I spend part of my time looking at the rearview mirror. That is the wonderful advantage of getting older. When you are young, you do not have anything to look back to. The older you get the more you have to look back on.
• I have a few things I reflect on. One are the memories I have made throughout the years. Often when my wife and I are sitting together one of us will say, "Do you

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