January 19, 2015
(This is part of a 365 project during my 70th year where I write and
illustrate a blog on each day's gift.)
Every day I use technology to learn, create
and communicate. Some people might add play games too. What wonderful tools we now have at our disposal. They
allow us to research without leaving our homes, create photos without the smell
of fixer on our hands and communicate with people all around the world with only
a few taps of our fingertips.
When I was a student at Brehms Lane Elementary School in
Baltimore, we used fountain pens in the beginning because ballpoint pens were
not in everyday use then. We used chalkboards and a coveted helper chore was to be chosen to clap the erasers for our teacher.
In those days, we had to painstakingly add huge columns of numbers with pencil
and paper to find the total; today, within a few seconds we can have our
answer. When I was in first grade, hand-held calculators (a sort of
mini-computer) were not in use yet. It is interesting to note that perhaps
hand-held calculators are no longer in broad use today because we can use our
smart phones to do math problems.
I received an e-mail today from my 93-year-old friend, Doris,
who is in my poetry group. Although she’s
not as quick as most young people are when she uses her computer, at least she
has not refused to learn how to use new tools. She has added computers to her
communication tools and the Internet to her information tools. It is heartening
to see that at least one nonagenarian has allowed herself to grow and learn new
things. I hope I am as open to change as Doris is when I am in my 90’s.
My gift today was an
e-mail from a nonagenarian.
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