So Many Memories . . .

old and new

It is becoming increasingly difficult for me to keep up with current events because too many memories of the past come crowding in. For instance, as I stay up to date with technology by reading WIRED magazine, it triggers all kinds of memories from the before times. How is it possible that we had come so far without having the Arpanet, now Internet, but that it all may be for naught when robots take over. I’m all for keeping human beings in charge for as long as possible, however imperfect we may be. By the way, I finished streaming Theodore Roosevelt and now find that there is the perfect follow up entitled FDR. Teatime telly with the presidents.

So this rant was the result of my having finished one book and picked out another which appeared from my hoard. This one is a memoir by the late great Barbara Walters entitled “Audition” and the inside front and back covers list in alphabetical order all the people she had interviewed up to that time. This is a Borzoi Book, published by Alfred A.Knopf, copyright 2008 and published on May 8th of that year. I had to use technology to find out that Barbara died in 2022 at the age of 93, so this hefty volume I have will not complete her story by any means. But I am enjoying her writing very much. I did not know that she was the first woman cohost of the Today show and that she cofounded The View. [I was never a daytime telly watcher unless I was on holiday and at a motel.] The book also includes a photo section which will be fun to reminisce about as I get to it.

Meanwhile, I must get to my physical Sunday paper. I am reminded daily that print is going out of fashion. I am determined to go gracefully into whatever the future holds, but I do like to hang on to my old ways as long as possible. Thank you slightly older sister for reminding me of our childhood when we chat on the phone (just listening not videoing). And thank you to the sun for continuing to rise over my hedges.

RESIST ALWAYS

TTFN