Memories
Light the corners of my mind
Misty watercolor memories
Of the way we were
Can it be that it was all so simple then?
Or has time re-written every line?
If we had the chance to do it all again
Tell me, would we?
Could we? *
Some of you may recall that there was a time when we actually “talked” with one another.
We would pick up a dial phone, usually black (on a phone bench or hanging on the wall in the kitchen with long cord for maneuverability) later to be replaced by push number phones in decorative colors. And there were public street pay phones that you could make calls from for a dime, eventually replaced by three minutes for a quarter. And for home use, the telephone companies provided “party lines” that in emergencies you would ask other callers to get off the line; paid extra for a private line, and as a teenager, you would argue with siblings to get off the phone so you could make a call or better still, was waiting on an important call. So, what is the point to all of this?
There was a time when people actually TALKED to each other; missed hearing from a loved one or close friend if there was significant lapse in phone. A time when there were no Robocalls and the need to place your home phone on a registered “do not call” list.
Memories… Of the way we were,
While talking is radically different now, and one can argue that there is really limited significant person to person chats, (and while I am at it, remember sending post cards, writing letters, and having a pen pal from another part of the country or world?!) aaduna sought to raise the flag for conversation even with a contemporary setting.
Conversations was born.
Simply, it is a way to have a “normal” conversation within the parameters of technology. It is not necessarily an interview since there are no advanced pre-prepared questions. It is a chat, the way we used to talk to each other on the phone (landline.)
So, this is not the first Conversation for an aaduna issue. But, it is the first where we have incorporated photos; had the other person appear “live” at aaduna events and participate in community meetings within the Auburn, NY.
At this point, how do we “tease” that conversation.
We don’t.
But here is part of an e-mail from Mx. Luisa Aparisi-França to bill berry, jr.
The full conversation will be in the forthcoming issue of aaduna!
It will be an elegant gift to welcome in your new year!
Mx. Luisa Aparisi-França
Hi Bill,
If you didn't ask critical questions, that would be a sad thing indeed. We don't critique those which we deem too far gone or dangerous to work with, and I think it's nice when people feel at home enough to push a question further to address something they would've normally left unsaid. It's a sign of good faith. Besides, I'm unbearably nosy, and whatever it is, I want to know.
* Alan Bergman and his wife Marilyn wrote the lyrics to this song, and Marvin Hamlisch wrote the music. The Bergmans also wrote lyrics for "The Windmills Of Your Mind" and " You Don't Bring Me Flowers." Streisand recorded “The Way We Were” on September 12, 1973 with Marty Paich doing the arrangements.
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