This story was originally published in January and is being republished with some updates in the wake of the death of Jerry Grote.
In the classic movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Butch tells Sundance that yes, he might be able to beat some guy in a gunfight, but maybe not since every year we get older, and our skills diminish. It’s a law, says Butch. It is a law of nature. I see it in the now white face of my aging dog. I feel it in my bones on cold mornings.