Missing Out

Hey all. Sorry there are no pictures today. Sally Piles has the camera, and I wanted to get off a quick blog. Things have been so busy here in New Jersey, and we are packing up to head home tomorrow. Today we spent the day in downtown Philly at the Reading Terminal Market. Last night we had a phenomenal feast at Michelle and Stevie C's house--Steve caught lots of flounder and bluefish, and he cooked those up in a delicious garlic marinade. Also, down here they don't do steamers, but they DO do littleneck clams. Delicious, but I think I love my steamers better. We are getting ready to go out to dinner in a few. My mom was right . . .all my blogs revolve around food. But that seems like all we have done. We have tons of pictures from today--and the whole week in fact--that we will upload soon. That leads me to the reason of the blog subject for today . . . .missing out

Just thinking about the "digital" culture in which we live, and how, rarely, do you see anyone use 35 mm any longer. And forget about Polaroid. And remember those "funsaver" disposables? They dont seem that long ago. No one has to "wait" for pictures anymore. They are instantaneous. With mild despondency do I realize how our kids will never understand the sheer joy of going to Osco, CVS, or Hannaford, and picking up 4 or 5 rolls of film at a time, and just sitting in the car in the parking lot for 20 minutes, looking through all of the pictures, as if they were presents on Christmas morning, and marvelling at how "we forgot we took that picture," or "we totally forgot about that day" when we finally DO see the memories we tried to capture back on that special day--and how, now, they truly have become "memories." Just something to think about . . .