Jul 02 2009
North Country Slow-Down
There are no banana leaves where I’m now at. I’m looking out a window at a huge maple tree and, behind it down a small hill, a rapidly flowing stream — I can hear it from a distance. The green-brown stream water is broken with patches of white. No whitewater in Florida. No mountainous terrain and rock obstacles to make it roil and froth.
It’s a nice change for my eyes. But the Internet connection is relatively horse-and-buggy. Clicking from one site to another takes not a second, or even three. More like ten.
How do people live like this?! Will I need to go fetch drinking water from that stream?
I’m on vacation. Maybe it’s time to put my intellect in low gear. To focus on socializing and recreating and relaxing. Man, it’s going to be tough. But the slow-crawl internet connection will actually help. If I don’t put my brain in low gear, I may just go crazy.
