Returned home from our holiday in Crete on Tuesday. Two weeks, in which we renewed acquaintance with some lovely friends and visited interesting places. Early on, passages from Ecclesiastes echoed in my memory.

We had a visit from Athena on our first weekend. Athena is a very attractive young lady, with whom I have occasionally contacted via Facebook. We hadn't seen her for three years, but she seemed unchanged from the bubbly outgoing girl we had previously known. I commented that...