On a shelf in the utility room is a stack of old round tins in various sizes. Some are decorated in Christmas motifs and one is an old Charles Chips cookie tin. They are all well worn, with barely imperceptible hints of rust around the smooth finished edges of both the lids and containers. When …
Tag: holiday
Happy New Year, Mom
"Are you going to visit your Mum today?" my fiance asked. Usually it is a question easily answered, although the reason for the answer is not always simple. Today the answer is "no...it is just too hard". Today is New Year's Eve, 2017. Another chapter in my life and the life of everyone else closes and …
Cary to Calcutta 