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    Friday, December 04, 2009

     

    Time and Space Defied Once Again

    We humans get accustomed to new realities so quickly, it can be frightening sometimes.

    I was thinking about this during the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. Here was this thing that had defined our lives for decades after World War Two. I spent my junior year in France convinced I'd be incinerated by a nuclear bomb. And then, suddenly, the defining reality was gone literally overnight.

    And within a couple of days we already became accustomed to our new life we were living utterly devoid of fear.

    Every once in a while I am reminded of what a sea change has taken place in the very, very recent past. Here is the interview I did on Thursday, December 3, with Ellen Rocco and Chris Robinson, for the program Readers & Writers on North Country Public Radio. An interview that was conducted live on local radio - in other words, at a specific time in a specific place.


               


    And now, barring disaster, anyone can listen to it at any time, wherever they want on the planet.

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