My children are confounded by the things we think that we should hang onto, keep on using, never get rid of. Like a land line (and I’m rather with them on that one). Like a television. Those sorts of things.
Kevin is convinced that, by time Peter’s ready to drive, everyone will have self-diving cars, and Peter won’t need to “learn to drive.” He’ll just get in a car, and it’ll drive him off wherever he wants to go. Only old fogys like me will still have a car that needs a “driver.” (And by that time, I most likely shouldn’t be driving anyway.)
Most of us hang on to baggage as we age. And lots of it is literal baggage, as in, old suitcases filled with ancient yearbooks, yellowed love letters, all manner of assortments of things we think we might need at some point, later on, when we have time, whatever.
But there are some things that are still parts of our lives, but we don’t use them, at least for their previous purpose. Like the toothbrushes holders and cup holders in bathrooms.
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- At a relative’s home. Putting the liquid soap container on the soap dish frees up some space on the counter. And, obviously, no current toothbrush will fit inn those olden toothbrush slots.
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- In my bathroom–tweezers and nail scissors in the soap holder and a clock on the toothbrush holder
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- At a friend’s home–When the contractor asked if she wanted the standard soapdish and toothbrush holder, she said, “Sure,” and they remain in their pristine, never used states.
I guess there were people, the very far-thinking and planning folks, who might have had some sight into the future that would enable them to know, for example, that toothbrushes would someday have handles that would never fit into the slim slits of the standard, old-style toothbrush holder. I, sadly, am at the other end. I was probably one of the last bunch of people who bought a new toothbrush and said, “Hey! This toothbrush handle won’t fit in my perfectly good (but old) toothbrush holder!”
Meanwhile, this week is Fun with Friends week! Last year it was art, so this year it’s science (God created a wonderful world for us. Science is how we learn to understand it.)
These are the words I read last night (Thursday) to the children:
In the beginning, God created everything: the heavens above and the earth below.
Genesis 1:1 (The Voice)
We read other verses about animals and plants. And we learned about Biology (Botany and Zoology, and how it’s easy to remember which one is about animals because it has the word “zoo” at the beginning).
One activity was to create plaster casts from sea shells and starfish. I made the dark purple ones, trying out the wet sand ahead of time to be sure that it would hold a shape. Peter (who is at last old enough to come) made the orange and brown ones. A little girl made all the rest of them. She tried all the shapes and many variations of purple and blue, until there was really no more space (or plaster). They have to stay put until Friday evening, to give them lots of time to harden up.
Friday-Chemistry
Saturday-Geology and Physics
I create, just in different ways from some people–the people who think up the new things that will help, confound, support, and/or make my life easier. Ish.