After the birthday party at Sweet Cakes and the free concert of Irish music at MAC, Raymond and I took the long way back to the car. (Did you know that a drinking straw can be a clarinet, flute, or gun depending on the music playing or what aircraft is flying overhead? Even more impressive, those new "Cars" type Crocs can also be a violin.) We were checking out the bronze sculptures (no display of new sculptures this year - no funds - all this budget cutting can be overwhelming!) This bronze boy hawking the Tribune made me sad. While Raymond mimicked the poise, I thought about the demise of newspapers. So far this year we have subscribed to the Tribune, then added USA Today when it got thinner and thinner. Now we are back to the Arizona Republic, also getting thinner and thinner, that home delivery of the Tribune is no more. USA Today was part of our budget cutting. Will anyone else miss a paper with breakfast and the discussion which follows? It's more social and interesting than clicking around on the Internet.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Newspaper Blues
After the birthday party at Sweet Cakes and the free concert of Irish music at MAC, Raymond and I took the long way back to the car. (Did you know that a drinking straw can be a clarinet, flute, or gun depending on the music playing or what aircraft is flying overhead? Even more impressive, those new "Cars" type Crocs can also be a violin.) We were checking out the bronze sculptures (no display of new sculptures this year - no funds - all this budget cutting can be overwhelming!) This bronze boy hawking the Tribune made me sad. While Raymond mimicked the poise, I thought about the demise of newspapers. So far this year we have subscribed to the Tribune, then added USA Today when it got thinner and thinner. Now we are back to the Arizona Republic, also getting thinner and thinner, that home delivery of the Tribune is no more. USA Today was part of our budget cutting. Will anyone else miss a paper with breakfast and the discussion which follows? It's more social and interesting than clicking around on the Internet.
Nice pose, Ray!
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing how much change there is lately. I loved growing up with a paper on the table, I don't think Andrew ever understood that.
You're right, there's something different about looking at things online. Hopefully books won't disappear for awhile, yet.