Bill Dawson: Learning from a younger generation on a not-so-average day

To The Daily Sun,

Yesterday was an eventful day. When you are in your late 80s, you start with a cup of coffee made fresh and strong. I’m a light sleeper. 6 a.m. is my time to start the day. A piece of raisin toast helps absorb the acid and lets my stomach know I am thinking about breakfast. An hour later the love of my life rises and most of the remaining is poured in her mug and she pronounces it strong or weak. She drinks it regardless.

Breakfast and brief check on the weather via the television we are ready to don our daytime costumes. Most days we do some appropriate aerobic exercises.

Yesterday morning we went out to the local grocery store. While we were there, I met Charlie, one of my friends from my teaching days. He is a few years younger than me and lives alone. One of his ways of amusing himself is to monitor the letters to the editor of The Laconia Daily Sun. He was quite concerned that I had not written any letters to the editor lately. So this one for Charlie.

After lunch and a bit of rest, I was off to a book discussion. We met at a local brew pub called Kettlehead. The group call themselves the Books and Brews. Given the venue, I figured on one other male. Wrong. After they got over the shock of my presence and got their brews, the discussion began. It was a little stilted at the beginning but, as the beer did its magic the discussion became more animated. It was fun to give my insights to a much younger group of women who had just gotten out of work and needed a beer and some time with the group.

Bill Dawson

Northfield