Today, I received your correspondence in the post, delivered despite the burdensome rain. I wonder, as I watch the youngsters sprint up and down the lane, where the time has gone. My mind has great expectations, but my body lacks cooperation. Despite the weather and my aches, I was encouraged to receive word from you. I am delighted to hear you are well and as…

I was glad to receive your recent correspondence. It has been too long, as time is not the friend of old men, such as us. I affectionately recall those valiant days where men and women sacrificed for honor and country. All of us were captured in the times when each day brought news of change and danger. Those were…

The Lord’s Day – Supposedly a day of rest, but such was hard to find this day. Belligerents abound, and I have had word of naval blockades and of tyrants whose self-analysis of themselves astound. Diplomacy is not the strongest in the current administration, if I may so humbly assess. I would argue, as we…