A quick update. Had a bit of a bumpy weekend. It seems I also have to eliminate mayonnaise from my diet as well. Curse! my overly sensitive digestive tract! But today was definitely better, particularly after getting out for a good 5 mile jog this morning.
Anyroad (anyway).
Saturday was a gray and somewhat gloomy day with a little light rain. A perfect day to hang out at home. I stumbled across the movie Notting Hill, a romantic comedy with Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts, (for those of you who haven't seen it) on TV. I sat through it while thinking of my brother Jeff, who passed on unexpectedly back in 2005. It was a favorite movie of his, and I enjoyed watching it while remembering him.
I also finished reading Lewis Shiner's novel, Black & White, which held me captive right up until the end. The story is a work of fiction, but has a lot of history of the Civil Rights Movement in it. Among other things, including being a love story, it's a story of racism that seems to have always existed in this country. It seems inconceivable that we haven't progressed beyond this ugly kind of hatred. But if you care to look at the continual attacks on the first black President we have ever had, well...it does appear Racism is alive and well in the US of A. Scary. And, very upsetting.
It did bring to mind memories of the small, very white town I grew up in, and what happened to the only two black families that ever moved in. They didn't stay long. And reading the book brought to mind other memories, of the media coverage of the events surrounding the Civil Rights Movement, and personal memories of that time as well. All in all, it was a good day for reflection.
As they say, the past is always with us. It's shadow is cast upon the present, and reaches into the future.
On that note, it's past my bedtime. I'm no longer the night owl I used to be. Dream well...
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