Tuesday 07/16/2024
The prompt for this week’s writers meeting was “the future, prognosticate or imagine”. Of the 10 pieces that were read, the majority were gloomy, gloomy, gloomy. We seniors don’t have an optimistic view of the future. Although Connie mentioned in conversation that her grandchildren were very different, full of ideas how to fix the world. Between 8:30 and 10:30 I wrote a little piece of fiction, see below. Not cheerful, but at least entertaining.
Despite continued foot pain I walked 1.3 miles, mostly down to the hardware store. Yesterday Dr. Julia responded to a message saying she didn’t want to prescribe allopurinol just now because if you have active gout, she claims, it can precipitate a worse attack. Check back when your symptoms go away. Yeah, whatever.
I went to Ace hardware to buy a watch battery. For some time I’ve been concerned that my Casio digital watch was getting old. I light up its dial 2-3 times in a night to check the time. I use its stopwatch function every day for crossword puzzles. Turns out, I bought it on Amazon back in 2021. At that time I put its prececessor, a slightly different model, in a drawer. Checking it today, that one was still running. So I looked at a couple of youtube videos on changing the battery and decided to change the battery on the old one. Took it apart carefully. Noted the battery type. Walked to Ace and got another. Went to reassemble the watch and somehow screwed it up. Lost a tiny part. Pieces wouldn’t fit together correctly. Just screwed up all around. So I ordered a new watch from Amazon, it’s only $25. To be sure of having a working one.
Here’s the piece I wrote today. I was thinking about the future, and how global warming leading to sea level rise will flood much of Bangladesh, forcing literally millions of people into migration into not very friendly neighboring countries as refugees. I had a notion of a future person flying in a drone-type aircraft over flooded lands. That turned into this. (complete with typo.)
Codgerville 