Sages say that in a lifetime, one will have innumerable acquaintances but generally only a handful of true, life-long friends. That doesn’t necessarily mean that the friends are always together. In fact, many miles and many years may actually separate them. But when they do manage to get back together for a visit, whether long or short, those true friends will seem to pick right up where they left off when they were last together. Such is Jim Blizzard, a friend whom I first m