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WOLF: What age do you see yourself when you're dreaming?

COLUMN: Others may not recognize long-ago you
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Can you recognize this person?

“That’s you?”

“Yup.”

“That isn’t you.” (peals of laughter)

Young people have a sometimes heartless way of being completely truthful.

It’s a good thing. I think.

In this case, the 12-year-old in our home was looking at a calendar.

For a fun Christmas present for his mother, I’d had a calendar made, including shots of pets, past and present and random shots of family members.

Included (I believe I was Mr.

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Philip Wolf

About the Author: Philip Wolf

I’ve been involved with journalism on Vancouver Island for more than 30 years, beginning as a teenage holiday fill-in at the old Cowichan News Leader.
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