A
Thought or Two for Today
Got
to thinking this somber gray 4th day of November
in
the year 2017—Had Mark Twain the technology 150
years
ago that I have now, he may not have told us what
it
was like Following the Equarter. We may have never
learned
from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckle-
berry
Finn. Had he the Internet, he may have been satisfied
staying
at home, and never venturing out West to Nevada
and
California. Then, Roughing It and The Celebrated
Frog
of
Calaveras County would have never
leapt into our lives.
Had
he a smart phone, instead of penning The Innocence
Abroad,
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
and
Pudd’nhead Wilson, he may have decided to tell his
stories
verbally and undocumented from the comfort of
his
own home. Think of those and so much more he left
for
future generations of readers to explore. Had he GPS,
he
may have never navigated a wondrous Life on the
Mississippi,
discovering fame and adopting the beloved
pen
name, Mark Twain. Got to thinking, had he listened
with
Bluetooth and watched cable TV incessantly, in his
day
and age, what value would we place today on a name
like
Samuel Clemens anyway? I do give kudos to the modest
amount
of 21st Century technology I possess today. That and
the
writings of Mark Twain help to chase the overcast of this
gray
November day away...Smiley-face emoji!
Chris
Hanch 11-4-17
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