Windows to THE PAST

Colin's email backlog provided him with some cherished memories

- COLIN HOGG

I try to stay on top of the technical side of life, the smart phone, the laptop, emails, texts, Instagram, all that tricky sort of stuff. But it's not always easy. Like the messages I've been getting lately warning me my email inbox is getting so full that if I don't do something about it, my new messages will shortly be returned to sender.

The thought of getting no mail at all briefly seemed appealing - but not for long. The only option I had was to dive into the thousands of messages clogging up my computer and start deleting, which is what I started doing and which is where things turned a little emotional. Because those old emails went back quite a few years and I came upon messages from people back then who aren't here now.