NO KIDDING!

Our son, Nathaniel, phoned to say, "Hi. What's up?"

It was as if the call, as clear as could be, came from

next door. When in fact he and his buddy Roy

were in Spain on their way to France.

How life repeats itself. I was working at the St. Thomas

Times Journal in editorial years ago when a friend

from advertising suggested we take off on a holiday

to Europe. It opened up a whole new world for me.

Author's comment: My wife Rosanne and I have found

ourselves in Paris several times. We stay on the left bank,

Place St. Michel. What a view.