A Swift Morning [View all]

[H2O Man]

On Wednesday, I think that I realized my life-long goal of becoming an asterisk below a footnote in a journal stored in the musty basement of an old, abandoned building ..... only two be discovered by someone one hundred years from now if our species has not become extinct. The head of the state museum, accompanied by the head of the state archaeological society, came to a nearby community to study the paleo-era artifacts that my son have found, for part of a study on the earliest migrations in the northeast.

There is something fascinating about holding the tools that human beings depended on in their daily lives ten to twelve thousand years ago. In fact, when asked about when I found the first one, I said that it was on May 19, 1993 at 1:17 pm/est while I was on a walk. I had passed by a thin line of flint, thought better of it, and turned around and popped a fluted Clovis point out of the ground. I even remember my first pronouncement upon holding it: "Oh shit! Oh shit!"

Later in the day, while walking in the woods with my son and grandson, I encountered another ancient entity, popularly known as the Taijitu, to remind me that I asm an old man. While walking in the woods with my son & grandson, I tripped and fell. There was a small tree stump, hidden until that time, which broke a few of my ribs. My immediate pronouncement was an extended howl in pain.

While sitting and watching the world go by in the eternal "Now," I decided to not totally waste time. I have heard of a young artist named Taylor Swift. Indeed, I remember my daughters going to one of her concerts years ago. More, last summer when one daughter was babysitting for two young sisters, I asked theolder one, then 7, if she liked Taylor Swift? "How did you know I am a Swiftee?" was her response. Old people know these things, I said.

I am unaware if I'd ever heard any of her songs before. But I like the things I've read about her. So, last night when I couldn't get comfortable enough to sleep, I decided to listen to one. In doing so, I came across the one above, with the Rolling Stones. I really liked it, and thought people here might, as well.