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I watched the first space shuttle lift off some 30 years ago. We ran outside and I saw the fuel tank etc burn up as it hurtled back towards earth after being de-linked from the shuttle.
Brilliant 20 something ...impossibly clueless...immortal...dragons slain before breakfast...
I had all my life ahead of me...and here we are ... and here I am...
...makes one think....
...mobile phones....
....internet....
....VOIP...
...flash drives....
....blogs....
....working overseas
....successful business
...still time for the dreamz...
....doors closed
....struggling to fulfil some small part of previous promise
....pushing an old body to compete with brilliant 20 somethings
....all dragons safe at all times of the day...
....existential angst ...
Interesting post! It brings back some old memories for me, because when I was a teenager I lived in Titusville, Florida. From the house where I lived I could walk down to the Indian River and look across the water and watch the space launches. Boats on the water, pelicans flying. That huge Florida sky! I live up north now and, like you, I often reflect on how my life has changed over the decades since then, and all the different people I have been in the course of my zigzag life.
ReplyDeleteHow magical - the most obvious and groundbreaking of new technology with ancient wetlands in the foreground! We’ve both moved north and the skies have closed in - an interesting parallel. Thank you for sharing! :-) C
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