I was walking to the post office this week when the crossing guard showed me her cellphone.
It showed a "Hi, Gram" text message. "Where does she live?" I asked. Upstate, she said. She was beaming. "It makes you feel good," she said, turning her attention to the drivers barely in control of their vehicles and their impulses. We oldsters often talk about the new breed who start flicking their thumbs in social situations, when families used to sit around and talk. But the phones have their moments, particularly at holidays. One of our grand-daughters now lives a mile away; she texts us all the time, sometimes with her latest photograph. Anjali often sees things nobody else sees -- utility wires, somehow blue, outside her house, on a day of slush. Happy Thanksgiving. 11/27/2014 07:25:12 am
George
Thor A. Larsen
11/28/2014 05:14:35 am
George,
George Vecsey
11/29/2014 01:33:24 am
Thanks to you both. She just sees it. Comments are closed.
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“I don’t think people understand how Covid affects older Americans,” Mr. Caretti said with frustration. “In 2020, there was this all-in-this-together vibe, and it’s been annihilated. People just need to care about other people, man. That’s my soapbox.” ---Vic Caretti, 47, whose father recently died of Covid at 85. ---From an article by Paula Span, who covers old age for the NYT, which currently has 2646 comments, the majority criticizing the American public – and public officials – for acting as if the pandemic is “over.” Classic wishful thinking, at a lethal level. Please see: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/11/health/covid-pandemic-seniors.html Categories
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