I was born in Louisville, Kentucky, but now live in the woods in southern Indiana. Though I only write fiction, I love to read non-fiction. The more I learn about this world, the more fantastic I see it is.
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I think most of us are still in denial. We believe that ‘things will get back to normal eventually’. And the normal we envisage is the normal of the past. Stable, dependable, predictable weather, cheap food, cheap ‘stuff’, long lives unruffled by much disease [unless it’s self inflicted]. Good living. I think we’re going to have to learn to redefine all of those wants and needs on a yearly basis. 🙁
I think you’re right. I suffer from the curse of being young while white in post WWII America. We were upper lower class, but everything was pretty much coming up roses for white middle-class wannabes. Things just got better for pretty much everybody and the sense was that things would just go on getting better for everybody. Forever. Now I’m like, “WTF? Where’s my automated house? Where’s my flying car? Where’s my free food made from pencil shavings?”
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January 13, 2023 at 6:21pmI think most of us are still in denial. We believe that ‘things will get back to normal eventually’. And the normal we envisage is the normal of the past. Stable, dependable, predictable weather, cheap food, cheap ‘stuff’, long lives unruffled by much disease [unless it’s self inflicted]. Good living. I think we’re going to have to learn to redefine all of those wants and needs on a yearly basis. 🙁
Marian Allen
January 14, 2023 at 9:02amI think you’re right. I suffer from the curse of being young while white in post WWII America. We were upper lower class, but everything was pretty much coming up roses for white middle-class wannabes. Things just got better for pretty much everybody and the sense was that things would just go on getting better for everybody. Forever. Now I’m like, “WTF? Where’s my automated house? Where’s my flying car? Where’s my free food made from pencil shavings?”