IT’S BEEN A while. I had almost forgotten what a road trip felt like but it came back in a hurry. I haven’t left Chester County, PA for more than two years, except for a couple of quick business trips. Not since Connie started down the dementia road and ended up in a memory care…

            I DIDN’T GO to Quaker meeting this morning. I wanted the fellowship but the grumpy old man in me won out and instead I emptied out all the potting soil from last year’s pots and did some other puttering.             I had a couple of reasons for not going. One has been weighing on me a lot…