Old Friends

Hey, old friend

Are you okay, old friend?

What do you say, old friend,

Are we or are we unique?

Time goes by,

Everything else keeps changing;

You and I,

We get continued next week.

Most friends fade

Or they don't make the grade.

New ones are quickly made

And in a pinch, sure, they'll do.

But us, old friend,

What's to discuss, old friend?

 Here's to us--who's like us

   Damn few!

--Stephen Sondheim, "Merrily We Roll Along"

Posted in memory of old friends:  Ray Lees. Brian Cross. Terry Garner. Bill Hutchinson. Jack and Jim Hutchinson. Jim Kern. Bernie Vinge. Doug Hughes. Tom Huntley. Peter Ross. Art Hives. Denny Boyd. Larry Rose. Syd Boyling. George Price. Bob Giles. Jay Leddy. Larry Macdonald. Brad Keene. Ron Grimster. Jean-Luc Bertrand. Jack Brooksbank. Godfrey Gower. Ted Scott.   

Ain't but a few of us left.