As he sits down, his favorite chair greets him like an old friend. The grandfather clock is ticking strong like the day it was made. He thinks back to when he built it and snickers. He can still smell the new wood when it came in to his shop, still recall the feel of the tools in his now arthritic fingers. Unable to really read what time the clock even says, he remarks to himself in a somber tone, "I guess it doesn't really matter, since I'm not going to be going anywhere for a long time."
Settling down in his chair, there's a familiar pinch in his leg from the old knife his father gave him as a young boy. The texture of the bone handle agai