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    A Letter To My Ancestors In 1607

    I realize you are busy planting crops, fighting
    typhoid, dysentery and various fevers,
    not to mention Indians (they control gambling now!)

    But I've got troubles too: The internet is
    slow today and this message will take forever
    to get to you (5 minutes, maybe more) .

    I read that you are great farmers.I can't say
    that I have any farming abilities, as instead
    I order Chinese food and other take out
    food delights. I am ordering a pizza now.
    I think you would like pizza.

    I understand that you spend days with
    Indian guides looking for new sources of fresh water.
    We buy that in bottles now but I couldn't tell you
    where it's from.

    Sorry, you're probably busy now keeping up
    with 12 children and don't have the luxury of time.
    In the future you'll have much more time and
    you will find yourself thinking a lot, too much
    so much you'd probably need therapy
    We do

    I went to your gravesite today,
    well, kind of: it's now a strip mall with
    a Walgreens, Foot Locker, a nail salon and
    a Smoothy King- you would be happy to
    know they have the best raspberry-beet
    smoothie (I think you'd like smoothies)

    this is what it all came to

    imagine that.

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    Loved this letter to your ancestors... reminds me of the meme where wild cats/dogs of yore are compared to today's cats/dogs dressed in fanciful clothes... https://mastodon.social/@filiph/112869467944294103

    Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
    tailor
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    who am I but a stitch in time
    what if I were to bare my soul
    would you see me origami

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    Enjoyed the comparison between past and present ,purposefully trowing in words the ancestors wouldn't know the meaning of if they read them.
    "I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
    Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row

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    Quote Originally Posted by Danik 2016 View Post
    Enjoyed the comparison between past and present ,purposefully trowing in words the ancestors wouldn't know the meaning of if they read them.
    Thanks. It sure makes me think about the day to day petty annoyances that get to many of us.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tailor STATELY View Post
    Loved this letter to your ancestors... reminds me of the meme where wild cats/dogs of yore are compared to today's cats/dogs dressed in fanciful clothes... https://mastodon.social/@filiph/112869467944294103

    Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
    tailor
    Thanks Tailor

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