Day SIX: My Great Aunt, 90
DAY SIX,
My great aunt, 90.
Last night I called and wished my Great Aunt a Happy Birthday as it was her 90th. We spoke for two hours about everything.
When I decided to turn off my tv I thought of her and here’s why. My Grandfather, who I dearly loved, my Great aunt and Uncle grew up playing music around the piano instead of planted in front of the TV because TV hadn’t been invented yet. Grandpa played trumpet, Aunt the sax, Uncle, the singer and violinist (like myself) and great, great grandmother the pianist and great-great grandfather the singer. They would talk, play games and play music.
When someone looks at me like I am nuts for getting rid of my television my reply is. “television was invented only 60 years ago.” People lived without it for a very, very long time. My Grandfather didn’t have television and he survived. My aunt told me that they couldn’t even afford a radio during the depression so someone made them a crystal set, whatever that is.
She spoke of Roosevelt and how he created unemployment benefits.
How she had to get a job welding parts for radios to help support the family at 18. My grandfather wanted to be a pilot and he was but only in the War. He commanded B-29 bombers over Japan and then worked for Pepsi. My great Uncle who had such an incredible operatic voice was a sailor in the navy and then worked as a janitor. My Aunt became a Mom and a wife.
Our generation sure takes life for granted. It gets worse with each one.
I am the last generation that needed to go to the library for schoolwork.
We were excited when we took a field trip to the Chicago Public library.
Now? Well, its proably unnecessary to go to a library. Sad, because it was a great place to socialize and wonder the aisles of books. I happened upon Hemingway's "The Garden of Eden" when I was just 15. Quite an interesting book at 15.
My Aunt. is 90, she bikes 2 miles everyday, reads, and still tries to play the sax because it is good for her lungs. She told me she learns something new about herself everyday. Life might be better in some ways now but we have definitely lost too much in the gain. My aunt, who is 90, told me that she learns something new about herself everyday. She grows everyday.
How can you grow everyday if television is doing the thinking for you? She doesn’t watch television everyday. Could there be a connection?
I believe so.
This blog is dedicated to her, my Great Aunt, who taught me its good to be different and she is 90.
1. Memorized, Turandot,
2. Started studying french verbs.
3. wrote friends in Italy about blog in italian
4. pilates for an entire hour, yes!!
5. saw Dr. about sprained ankle, bad, bad sprain.
6. created online store, still working on it...
7. Reading “Mozart’s women” awesome book btw.
My great aunt, 90.
Last night I called and wished my Great Aunt a Happy Birthday as it was her 90th. We spoke for two hours about everything.
When I decided to turn off my tv I thought of her and here’s why. My Grandfather, who I dearly loved, my Great aunt and Uncle grew up playing music around the piano instead of planted in front of the TV because TV hadn’t been invented yet. Grandpa played trumpet, Aunt the sax, Uncle, the singer and violinist (like myself) and great, great grandmother the pianist and great-great grandfather the singer. They would talk, play games and play music.
When someone looks at me like I am nuts for getting rid of my television my reply is. “television was invented only 60 years ago.” People lived without it for a very, very long time. My Grandfather didn’t have television and he survived. My aunt told me that they couldn’t even afford a radio during the depression so someone made them a crystal set, whatever that is.
She spoke of Roosevelt and how he created unemployment benefits.
How she had to get a job welding parts for radios to help support the family at 18. My grandfather wanted to be a pilot and he was but only in the War. He commanded B-29 bombers over Japan and then worked for Pepsi. My great Uncle who had such an incredible operatic voice was a sailor in the navy and then worked as a janitor. My Aunt became a Mom and a wife.
Our generation sure takes life for granted. It gets worse with each one.
I am the last generation that needed to go to the library for schoolwork.
We were excited when we took a field trip to the Chicago Public library.
Now? Well, its proably unnecessary to go to a library. Sad, because it was a great place to socialize and wonder the aisles of books. I happened upon Hemingway's "The Garden of Eden" when I was just 15. Quite an interesting book at 15.
My Aunt. is 90, she bikes 2 miles everyday, reads, and still tries to play the sax because it is good for her lungs. She told me she learns something new about herself everyday. Life might be better in some ways now but we have definitely lost too much in the gain. My aunt, who is 90, told me that she learns something new about herself everyday. She grows everyday.
How can you grow everyday if television is doing the thinking for you? She doesn’t watch television everyday. Could there be a connection?
I believe so.
This blog is dedicated to her, my Great Aunt, who taught me its good to be different and she is 90.
1. Memorized, Turandot,
2. Started studying french verbs.
3. wrote friends in Italy about blog in italian
4. pilates for an entire hour, yes!!
5. saw Dr. about sprained ankle, bad, bad sprain.
6. created online store, still working on it...
7. Reading “Mozart’s women” awesome book btw.
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