Dawn Is Me

Carolyn Curiel wrote this in an editorial in today’s New York Times:

We think of America as a sleep-deprived nation, but we are becoming deep-thought deprived, too. A closed door does not stop interruptions, because we are packing the weapons that can shatter concentration or quiet contemplation. Our fingers are always on a button.

Multitasking did not begin with computers, cellphones or other wireless technology, of course, although they have kicked it up to progressively new levels of complexity. Before those gadgets came along, the TV tray encouraged people to choose entertainment or the evening news over the dinner table and conversation. Radios were put in homes and then cars, helping to fill the dead air that can accompany housework and long rides. We seem afraid to be alone with our thoughts.

You see, this is why the modern world can be a very, very difficult place to be an introvert.

Not exactly appropriate for the holiday but …

people are a trip.

I’m really not the flag-waving type, as I’m sure you must know by now, but this is the sort of thing that makes me glad I’m an American!

Retired husband syndrome. What a concept!