The Twenty Fourth Day in America....

We stopped next day at a diner. At the counter an old man was arguing with the church-going young waitress about God.

As we left she was saying to him, "You're living as if tomorrow was already yesterday. What about today?"

She was saying, "You've still got time."

I stood outside waiting for Andy. I could see myself as if from across the street.

Looking over at myself I thought, "Who's that? What's he doing?"

It hardly ever happens that I get the chance to see myself from a distance.

I don't know that the experience does me any good though.