Zen Pencils by Gavin Aung Than for December 12, 2022

Poet and magazine editor Charles Hanson Towne looks to be known, in part, for a poem about the Titanic and in larger part as a figure in the New York literary scene. Although he looks to have started in Kentucky.

Ouch.

I think I have family to call.

Such is the way in life. I sit at 70 years of it. Every day I see the passing of folks I know about. I take comfort in the fact I knew them. Knowing I’ll soon join them….but not today. Life is the way.

Gah! Too sad.

so it goes ……

Sad but true

“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” Reader’s Digest, 1957

This was valid in the past before the advent of social media. Nowadays people can much more easily connect with old acquaintances unless they are among the remaining few holdouts who do not avail themselves to digital networking.

Going to a funeral of a cousin I haven’t seen since he was in his 20’s.