To honor the requests of readers, I will fill in the blanks; the parts I left out concerning Marlin, the Nashville homeless man I tried to help described in Marlin & the Duck Part I(below.) I'm not sure what percentage of homeless folks he represented, but at the time, I thought he was the exception. In retrospect and even as time went on, I came to realize many things I did not know in the beginning, but I also think he changed (digressing once again to alcohol) toward the end of the three or so years I knew him...

I had always wanted to talk to a homeless person--someone considered a bum; to find out how they got that way, if they had any aspirations and if there was anything I could do to help them change their situation. I finally got the chance...

We are modern now, though everyone throughout time could have said that. Still, we revolve differently even more so these days; relate to each other in continuing new ways. We are advancing in certain aspects, but in others, are we digressing?

We are different, them and us, yet in so many ways, the same, because we basically all want the same things after all else is stripped away

There are gifts things that just can't be equalled in value to the recipient. Memories are one, a time bridge to connect two eras is another...