“As I’m coming around the Beltway I saw the smoke ahead,” said Art, 79, who lives in Olney, Md. “Starting over is not all it’s cracked up to be.”Art responded to my invitation to share stories of family heirlooms that had gone astray. He’ll include a photo of himself at that time and write out what he calls his “loaf of bread” incident. However, I had convinced myself otherwise, that is, I had adopted an ‘I will be okay’ philosophy.”And then John saw a motorcyclist speeding toward him with something in his hand. “He was clearly going to throw something at me,” John wrote.

Source: Washington Post May 28, 2019 21:55 UTC