The Almost Time Traveller
It's been a while since I've written. Over a year. Frankly, I find that inexcusable, based upon the goals and aspirations for this blog that I previously had. However, tonight something caused me to reflect and inspired me to share a few simple thoughts. I’m currently away on a work trip and I went out for dinner tonight. I had gotten a recommendation to visit a restaurant that had a superb view of the surrounding area, as well as some amazing food. So I gathered a couple of my coworkers and off we went. The view was lovely, the food was wonderful. And the sweet tea was just right. I texted the person who had recommended it and they told me when they had last had a meal there. And there, on that patio, listening to the crickets and sounds of the hillside, as the sun set behind some clouds, I began to think. I began to think about the couple in their mid-twenties who last had dinner there on this patio in 1978. My parents. It is an odd feeling to visit a place that play...