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Wednesday, October 20, 2004

Great Uncle’s Bugle

Mementos have a high casualty rate in my family, and the few that survive have lasting value.  Probably the reason my Great Uncle Hugh’s bugle escaped the salvation army bin is because of the abrupt end of his life at age 22.  He was a Pilot in the Canadian Air Corps during World War Two.  I often wonder how my life would be different if he didn’t die.  Would have my Grandpa retired as an airline pilot instead of a professor, because his wife wouldn’t worry about the risk of flying?  Every time I look at that bugle, I think of how life was different in the thirties, and how fragile life really is.

Posted by David Hume on 10/20 at 12:26 PM
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