Arizona Ten Years Ago

When you float, you feel the pull of gravity.

One morning on a walk, Richard said, “I was thinking about the time when you will be dotty and trip on rocks.” I said, “Why do you think I will be dotty before you?” Then I remembered I was four years older than him. The trail was rocky, and stones jutted up. Every trail in Arizona is rocky. Richard was thinking about the difference in our ages when I d…