An Amazing Man

I met an amazing man today. He was returning home from an art class, and asked me what a 'billboard' add meant, explaining that English was his second language.

I explained it to him, including the subtle humor and connotations. Then we got to chatting. He was 90 years old! (Didn't look a day over 70! LOL). He'd been born in Hawaii, moved to Japan at age six, then at some later time, back to Hawaii. He explained that although he'd learned English as a child, he just didn't have an 'ear' for it.

There he was, at 90, on a warm summer early evening, with a 12 pack box of beer under his arm, (he said he allowed himself one each evening) waiting to get the bus home, after attending an art class!

He was pleasant, happy, intelligent, and friendly. It was a pleasure spending some time talking with him. You don't too often meet people like that. Like I said, an amazing man.