I was on the computer today when a pop-up sent me on an investigation into a person I knew on a daily basis close to 30 years ago. In the wondrous world of data information in the ether, I had Google Circled some years back and forgot about it. But them this little circle of a picture appeared on the side of my computer and I knew who it was.

It being a Monday, and a cold one, and me being fond of puzzles, I decided to do some investigation on, of course, the Internet. Here I sit, just a little while later, totally unconnected by any wires to anything, and I have learned he has two replacement knees and family reunions.

And because I am nosy, I looked at some other people from that time . . . and then I went and looked in a mirror. Whoa, it is true. Time stops for no one.

As a northern Hoosier, I should be shrugging and indicating that, hey, there’s no need for a heavy coat. Heck, just run barefoot out to the car. But this fall, except for one quickly melting snow, has been warm, with temps often between 35 and 59?. And, thus it was when I opened my eyes this morning and checked my phone, I exclaimed, “It’s ONLY fire degrees!” in a totally different way; that would be the “Oh, God, we’re going to freeze!!!!!” line of expression. Not unlike Prissy in Gone With the Wind who became hysterical as she told Miss Scarlet she had never delivered no babies.