March 6,2021

Good morning everyone, today is Saturday March 6, 2021. It seems like a pleasant day out albeit it is cold though, I think only about 30 degrees so we have to dress warmly again.
Yesterday I was looking at some old books I have, it is very hard for me to get rid of books. Part of me believes someday I will need some information in one of them or I will read it again, funny because I never make a practice of reading a book more than once. Authors to me are amazing and Lucky people. The authors and poets I have met along the way have always held my interest when they spoke, it always felt like a great manuscript was imerging, and I wished I could write and tell a story the way they did through prose or poetry.
secondly, they are immortal their words will live on long after they are gone for future generations to read and you know how I feel about that. They have been given a great gift.
When I taught writing and I would give an assignment many kids would say Mr. G. What do I write about I don’t know what to say. I would tell them write about your own life, an experience you have had. I would also encourage them to write about how they came to America because many were new arrivals. Most people do not have that knowledge so use it.
I believe as I have said before we learn through experience and we celebrate triumphs and happiness along with sadness and disappointments through our written words. I also believe part of the writers experience and soul are in that book no matter how much they say it is a work of fiction. I know even when I directed, community theater part of me was imbedded in the characterizations I gave.
In years to come people will write about this pandemic and the way the world reacted. There will be many primary sources who lived it and secondary sources who lived during it but are to young to remember like Dario and will only remember what they have been told. So in the future some books may have a very dour theme.
As you can see writing and reading has always been important to me and that’s why I worry so much for this generation whose lives have been so interrupted. But I guess when you look back on history there have been many events that altered the lives of the people and it survived and moved forward just as we will again.
Today is Saturday and you know my rule, it is the weekend and you deserve some enjoyment in your life, so we have these 2days every week given to us just to be happy. So I like you I will try to find happiness today and enjoy it. Til Tomorrow .