Four Woollies Walked Into a Restaurant

Samhain                                                            Moon of the Winter Solstice

At the woodfire grill.  Tom, Stefan, Warren.  A Woolly four for dinner.  Warren’s retiring and planning.  Feeling good.  We discussed living out the dreams of our fathers.  Mine wanted to travel the Gulf of Mexico and write a book about his adventures.  Tom’s was an engineer who died young.  Warren’s dad wanted to be a journalist.

Friendship.  We’ve discussed it as a possible topic for our next retreat.  After 25 years together, we can finally broach the issue.  Guys.

Chasing Ice got rave reviews from Tom.  A must see.  After seeing it, he bought a Chevy Volt.  Plans to leave the Lexus gunboat in the garage for the most part.  He’s also going to pass it around his company, to various employees, to get some hard data on its efficiency.  He’s an engineer.

Mostly we saw each other.  Listened.  Spoke.  Friends.  Ya’ know.

I asked Stefan to read my manuscript after Lonnie’s done.  He agreed and said, “Congratulations.”