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COMMENTARY

Grandparental miscellanea

My grandmother used to look to the sun in the sky to know what time it was. She owned a watch. She wore it to church on Sunday—maybe to time the preacher. Not that timing a preacher changes the length of the sermon. What will be will be.

It’s like a weather forecast. You can’t change what’s predicted to happen any more than you can move the sun if you don’t like what time i…