Time

[frogmarch]

I moved back to Denver two-and-a-half years ago. Now I live near Denver International Airport (DIA), and once in a while when a plane flies over my house, it occurs to me that the pilot probably wasn't even born yet the first time I lived in Denver. Then I was young mother with a beautiful baby boy and a sweet, handsome husband. Our boy is a grandfather now, and my sweet, handsome husband is no longer living.

Another plane flew over my house a few minutes ago, and it occurred to me that back then, the pilot's parents may not have been born yet either.

Time. Yikes.

[True Dough]

1. DIA?

How do you feel about Blucifer?

[frogmarch]

2. I don't like it.

I might have at least sort of liked Blucifer if he hadn't killed his sculptor.

[Atticus]

3. Gettin' old ain't for sissies---but it beats the alternative---most days. nt

[Wounded Bear]

4. Any day vertical is a good day...

[frogmarch]

6. Hey, yeah!

I'll keep that in mind.

[frogmarch]

5. I agree

it beats the alternative---most days.

For sure it ain't for sissies.

[yonder]

7. Your post speaks to me the same way subjects in old photos or B/W movies do.

With a romantic notion of nostalgia, respect or longing — can't quite put my finger on it — I try to imagine what they or their lives might have been like: who were their families, friends, what were their hobbies, how did they spend their free time, what made them laugh, etc?

I say embrace Time, the way we each choose to spend it and respect our eventual mortal fate. Soon enough we will all be joining the folks in the old photos, movies and all who came before even those.

Thanks for posting.

[frogmarch]

8. Thank you for your post too.

I do the same when I look at old photos and painted portraits, sometimes of historical figures - people who changed the world for the better - but often of people who aren't famous at all.

This afternoon while I was looking online for Xmas gift ideas for my 4-year-old great-granddaughter, I happened onto a tidbit saying that Jack Ryan, who created the Barbie doll, also developed missiles for the Pentagon, and another tidbit saying that Don Dunagan, the little boy who voiced Bambi in the 1942 movie, became the youngest-ever drill instructor for the Marines and served 3 tours in Vietnam. Knowing me, I'll dig for photos and information on Jack Ryan and Don Dunagan to try to figure out what made, or makes, them tick.

Again, thank you for your post.

[yonder]

11. The other thing, slightly off-topic, is my wife and I moved away from Denver some 45 years ago.

We were born and raised a couple miles away from the old Lowry AFB. Further away but in the same direction was Stapleton International and today, much farther away but again in the same direction is DIA, close to where you are.

We occasionally go back to visit the family or friends still with us and as we remark how we've all gotten older we marvel at how different Denver is from what we remember growing up: Endless farmland not far to the east, Lowry training flights constantly buzzing overhead and Parker WAY out in the country.

Yep, Time has changed a lot of things but as someone above posted, it's pretty good to be vertical while remaining above ground.

[frogmarch]

12. Denver has really, really changed

since 1960, and the traffic then was nothing like it is now. Then, at age 16, I drove my mom's '49 Hudson from our home in Nebraska (collecting pop bottles from ditches along the way to pay for gas) to Fitzsimons Army Hospital to be with her as she lay dying of cancer.

Driving into, and in, the city was a breeze, and my only screw-up happened on a one way street in Denver, which merely resulted in some guy yelling at me out his car window, "Hey, Nebraska! You're going the wrong way!" Still, driving through downtown was not a big deal, and finding my way here and there was a snap.

Now driving anywhere around here scares the bejeebies out of me.

[yonder]

14. Imagine the stories we could swap and share.

[frogmarch]

15. Yep,

swappin' stories about the good ol' days.

[Marcuse]

9. 'Tis better to be seen than viewed.

[frogmarch]

10. As for me,

when I'm no longer seen, I'll be blowin' in the wind.

[quaint]

13. Sweet post, when I disappear it will be to stardust.

For no reason, I was surprised to learn Duncanpup is younger than my son.

[frogmarch]

16. Stardust...

what a beautiful thought.