I'm so old I remember Eisenhower running for president, the Berlin Airlift, the start of the Korean war, Queen Elizabeth's coronation, Disneyland under construction, among other things. I recall iron lungs, seeing children with braces on their legs, adults using metal crutches after a bout with Polio. And I strongly suspect that Polio will return, given the antivaccination sentiment so that will be a blast from the past. Of course I remember very well the Cuban crisis when nuclear war seemed immanent. And on and on. We have a weak norther today but heat will return for the weekend in advance of another system that will drop temps a bit more. Rain chances are not good but the playa lakes are in great shape. Maybe I will discover that I have not much to say. It seemed to me yesterday that I had things to say, but much of what I am likely to say will be quite nihilistic and pessimistic, and sarcastic. And yet life goes on, until it doesn't. Death seems to me to be a very, very, good thing, and birth not so much a good thing, and perhaps even a very sad and unfortunate thing. I seem to be out of step with the vast majority of my fellow human beings, and that has been the case as far back as I can remember. I'm used to that by now. I'm sure that I will have more to say in the future.
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