Seems Like Uncle

does not have enough pictures of pretty things.



The knife is a Gerber FS2 from 1980. The pistol is a Walther PPK/s, in .22LR. From the sixties I'm told-- I bought it on the street in Chicago when I was sixteen or so.

Never has misfed or jammed with Remington Match (Standard Velocity). Never cleaned except with a little brake-cleaner spray and a drop of CLP in the action. I never touched the rifling.

Today

would have been my twentieth wedding anniversary, if I had not gotten divorced three and a half months ago.

But it still would have been the fourth of anniversaries on the list. It was just a time when we signed a marriage license in front of a judge.

It was on October 13 when I first saw her and never looked at another woman since.

It was on March 17 when we moved in together and scandalized our parents.

It was on June 22 when we were apart and dating and made our daughter.