Pickles

“Pickles” is closing.  It used to be my favorite place to eat lunch. Then came the time when the hostess, the owner’s wife, left.  The friendly service faded.  Some time after that, the owner left. I don’t know if he sold the business, or just relinquished its care to someone else.  What I do know is that the place was not the same. The friendly spirit was missing. It was now just a business. Without the owner inside, the life it once had was gone.