I was reading my favorite blogs today - Far Side of Fifty and A Percussionist's Notebook - and was amazed all over again how creative and capable people are. Whether it's whittling, growing flowers, replacing tamborine heads, making different sounds on a triangle, or making drum pads, I am truly envious of folks who have those talents.
The latter blog is my younger brother's. My wife says that he's "a man of action", while I am a thinker. But he thinks too. We talk every Sunday via Skype and get to reminisce about our younger days.
What do I do? I read. And I study. When I was younger and in the Army I was active. I led soldiers in tanks. I fought in Vietnam. I carried the Olympic torch in the 1984 Olympics. I ran marathons and ultramarathons.
But with COVID, my active physical skills are limited. But I still read. I learn. What am I reading about? A few things recently:
- Time travel
- History of major pandemics in the last 100 years
- The Black Death in England in 1348
- The 1920 Osage Indian murders in Oklahoma
- The colonization and slavery of Africa in the 17th-19th centuries
What am reading about now?
- Oranges
- Making concrete for building
- The discovery of the telephone
What's on tap?
- The American ice trade in the 19th century
- How to build a time machine
- A memoir about working at menial, low paying jobs and trying to survive
- The last voyage and death of Captain Cook
I guess I am too busy reading and studying to do any other things.
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