The Colonel’s Plan – Going Gray

October 3, 2017

Dear Daddy —

I’m going gray.

I just walked into the office, and, Rick, one of my co-workers grabbed my arm and asked, “Are you all right?”

I asked, “Don’t I look all right?”

My Deputy, Tom, said, “You look dead on your feet.”

“You look like you went fourteen rounds with the Tormentor,” Rick added. (No, I don’t know who “The Tormentor” is.)

After I checked in with everyone and answered the usual round of a dozen questions (that’s per person, for five people in the office) I had...