The Darlington Trip

I've been putting this one off, but I can't do so for ever. And I don't want to write a story this time.

Getting old is no fun. Scratch that - it's better than the alternative, as George Burns said. In any case there's nothing wrong with being old. What's terribly depressing is becoming unable to do the things you used to do.

And watching that happen to somebody is, well I suppose nearly, as bad. Not just because you wonder what will happen to you, but just because it is.

Hopefully there is someone there to take away the pressure of coping with the things you can't do. But it really still won't be enough. It can't be.

And that will have to do for now.