A selfie with the Colonel

“Do I know you?” “Do I know you?” he said. The young man in his mid-twenties had just come down the stairs of the hotel when he saw me and my wife sitting finishing our tea. Suddenly his face lit up in a mischievous grin as he turned to his mates and said “It’s the...

Things money can’t buy

I turned 63 the other day. My wife and youngest son were with me. My daughter, her husband and a couple of the grandkids came to visit. I had Skype calls from the other children and grandchildren. No presents, just presence. We didn’t do much. We sat around, talked,...