urban ku # 56 ~ good for what ails you
Monday, April 23, 2007 at 09:52AM 
The Glenmary • click to embiggenAfter my recent 'episode' with upgradicus- dementia, it was a relief to know that the wife had scheduled us for a quick weekend getaway to the southern tier (NY along the PA border). Even though the trip included a 4+ hour car drive with the 30 month-old, the teenage girl and a visit with the college-boy, it nevertheless seemed to be just the respite I needed.
I was able to include a visit with a wonderful couple - the Werners - whom I get to see all too infrequently. Years ago, their kids and my kids were playmates and, lo and behold, the 30 month-old was able to play with some of the very same toys which his dad and the Werner kids played with all those years ago. Man, does time fly.
The surprise of the trip came late Saturday evening when the wife ensnared me in her carefully planned trap - an involuntary overnight commitment to the (formerly) Glenmary Home for The Insane, The Nervous, and Drug-habitue in Owego, NY. - a beautifully restored Italianate structure circa 1857. The warden ... er, I mean, proprietress, puts inmates ...er, I mean, guests, well at ease in very comfortable cells ...er, I mean, rooms and common areas. The grub was good too.
There wasn't a computer or box of software in sight. Troubling thoughts of postmodernism v. modernism, artist's statements and meaning melted away during a pleasant Sunday morning stroll around the 'yard'...er, I mean, grounds. My commitment at The Glenmary was a gracious reminder of the joys of pre-digital life and, for that reason, the Polaroid seemed the perfect camera of choice.
Reader Comments (2)
Would the stay at the loony farm have anything to do with the Photoshop CS2 rant? Seems too coincidental.
Yes Chuck, it was the perfect cure for my upgradicus- dementia.