A FaceTime Survival Guide (Audio Will Do Just Fine)

I suppose everyone’s a bit vain. Even me, if I’m being honest.In this tale from Clarence Mills, an attempt to stay connected collides with the quiet realities of aging—where old-school workarounds meet modern expectations, and certain visual reminders arrive with more clarity than one might prefer.What begins as a simple effort to keep in touch—Facebook, Skype, the usual—gradually reveals a more complicated truth: that staying connected sometimes means seeing rather more than you had planned.This is a story about vanity, adaptation, and the uneasy moment when technology stops being helpful and starts being… informative.There are good intentions. There is optimism. There is, at times, a strategic avoidance of certain features.If you’ve ever reconsidered how much you actually want to see on a screen…If you’ve ever felt that modern technology was revealing just a little too much…If you’ve ever quietly preferred the audio option…You may feel very much at home here.I’ll be right here Thursday morning with another Clarence Mills tale. And if you’d like the next one to arrive without any effort at all, you’re always welcome to follow along.