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rushthatspeaksIf there is one thing in my life that I can't overestimate, it is the importance of peace and quiet. I don't always like peace and quiet, but I want to be able to get them when I need them, and not have them when I don't want them. It's one of the things I've always disliked about small children: you can't reason with them about noise. It's also one of the things I've always disliked about New York City. It's never completely silent; there are always sirens, cars, construction down the block.
Which is why I am so glad to be typing this entry from upstate New York, in the middle of the woods. I listen very hard, and all I can hear are the kittens skittering around (Ruth's mother calls them skittery kitteries), and Ruth turning the pages of her book, and other than that absolute dead silence. Noise when I want it-- we watched some of the Sopranos earlier this evening, and that's certainly noisy, and very well put-together and entertaining as well-- but most of what I can hear is nothing at all.
Every so often, that's a good thing to hear.
Angst-O-Meter: 0.
Which is why I am so glad to be typing this entry from upstate New York, in the middle of the woods. I listen very hard, and all I can hear are the kittens skittering around (Ruth's mother calls them skittery kitteries), and Ruth turning the pages of her book, and other than that absolute dead silence. Noise when I want it-- we watched some of the Sopranos earlier this evening, and that's certainly noisy, and very well put-together and entertaining as well-- but most of what I can hear is nothing at all.
Every so often, that's a good thing to hear.
Angst-O-Meter: 0.
