Well done! Dig the Szerb book as a hook & mirror for the doom. I think we forget that lifetimes can be lived right through the cataclysm too--not everyone or every shape of life makes it through to the other side, but a lot of our grandparents rolled through the Depression & WW2 somehow. Mine didn't talk about any of it much at all. Silence descends. And golf. I dunno. Good luck up there, whatever comes. Thanks for writing!
Excellent ponderings. As I age, I find myself sighing over the young social justice types (‘been there, done that, kids’) and simultaneously (belatedly?) gaining great respect for the collective wisdom of ‘old folks’ everywhere.
In the meantime, just living my life with all the related bumps and potholes. Is the horizon a bit darker than I remember it? Maybe.
Well done! Dig the Szerb book as a hook & mirror for the doom. I think we forget that lifetimes can be lived right through the cataclysm too--not everyone or every shape of life makes it through to the other side, but a lot of our grandparents rolled through the Depression & WW2 somehow. Mine didn't talk about any of it much at all. Silence descends. And golf. I dunno. Good luck up there, whatever comes. Thanks for writing!
Excellent ponderings. As I age, I find myself sighing over the young social justice types (‘been there, done that, kids’) and simultaneously (belatedly?) gaining great respect for the collective wisdom of ‘old folks’ everywhere.
In the meantime, just living my life with all the related bumps and potholes. Is the horizon a bit darker than I remember it? Maybe.
Great last paragraph to wrap it up, definitely something a pacifist would say ;)