FORTUNE TELLING

Oddvark(OC): Feckless, where do you think we'll be in ten years? What do you think we will be doing?

Feckless(FP): I used to think that we would be traveling across America towing a small teardrop trailer behind our car or truck. Now, I don't know. Maybe we will still be able to do that, but things are changing so rapidly that it is very hard to plan for the future.

OC: Do you think that we'll be able to support ourselves in our old age?

FP: Heck, we barely support ourselves now. You live in a storage unit and I live in a squalid one room efficiency. As long as we can work a little and do odd jobs we'll probably do alright as long as our health holds out.

OC: What happens if our health doesn't hold out?

FP: If our health doesn't hold out, then we will have to depend upon each other and the kindness of strangers.

OC: That sounds kind of bleak.

FP: Not at all. It's just another phase in the great adventure. Another panel in the rich tapestry of life. We will adapt and make adjustments. We will still cherish all the natural gifts God has given us. We will still have friends and family to comfort us. There will still be books to read, songs to sing, music on the radio, card games, old movies, sports, beer, food, and many other pleasures that make life worth living.

OC: I feel better now Feckless.

FP: I'm glad Oddvark. I forgot to mention, when we get older, no one will even notice that you skip a bath now and then.

OC: Is that right? Maybe I can cut back to twice a week then.

FP: Always look for the silver lining, that's my motto.