Tanner Z. Landsight - Of Rafts and Lightning Bugs
It is winter. The snow drifts are deep along Rink Road and I bide my time thinking about spring and summer. Yesterday, due to the weather, I was unable to make it to work . The power was off for five or six hours and I had time to think. Here is some of what I thought about: I appreciate electricity. I enjoy lights and heat and microwaves and flushing toilets. I am not as good at leisure as I used to be. I sat in my basement and read a few chapters of the first Harry Potter book and couldn't get past the feeling that I should have been at work or doing something 'more productive.' Tanner wasn't like that. I know he appreciated modern conveniences, but he lived in the moment. If he had been snowed in, he would have been outside building a snow fort or strapping on a pair of snowshoes to take a walk. If he sat down to read, he would not have let his thoughts drift to other projects. Reading would have been productive enough. Here is a Tanner article that