We're Rock 'n' Roll!

I'm making apple dumplings this afternoon, with the sun streaming in the windows---a golden October afternoon.  I can't think of anything more "home," more "autumn," more poetic.  A wedding party will celebrate brunch here, after their ceremony tomorrow and my heart skips a beat as I think of the romance and elegance of a Sunday morning wedding!  It's the day that mice get married in beautifully illustrated children's books!  It's the day that we slow down and cherish life.  I've always loved that I'm a Sunday baby. 

This has been a wild few weeks.  Paul McCartney is getting married tomorrow and it's George Harrison's birthday.  There have been several tragedies in our community and this was the week that we lost Steve Jobs.  People have openly and deeply grieved this loss, and some spitfires have questioned what the big deal might be?!  From my heart and mind though, he was one of "us".  

I'm proud to say that my generation, OUR generation was the one that said "NO" to war and "YES" to technology.  Not the kind that lands on the moon or revolutionizes exploitation of resources...but the technology of fun.  From the kids that were Jobs and Wozniak, Gates, Ballmer, Allen, Lucas, Spielberg---came the games that were the game changer.  They rolled over us with wave after wave of good idea and we learned fast (well, but...see the youtube elder-couple setting up their skype!).  Their play made our world a different and exciting place to live!  Thank you to them!

Our generation is facing an uncertain world right now, but don't think we're done!  Don't count us out!  We're smart phones and SUVs, we're female fighter pilots and surgeons, we're cool grandparents, we're informed and patient citizens, we're future, we're the past.  We can spend an afternoon snowboarding or making apple dumplings.  We're rock 'n' roll!